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Health officials in Dallas County have confirmed 10 cases of the enterovirus-D68. Wednesday, Zachary Thompson, director of Dallas County Health and Human Services, confirmed 35 samples were sent to the Center for Disease Control for testing.

Young cancer doctors are struggling to cope with the high demands of their jobs, a major study has found. Across Europe, more than 70 per cent of oncologists under 40 are showing symptoms of burnout that may affect their ability to care for patients, it is claimed.

A worker who had recently tried to convert colleagues to Islam beheaded one of them in a knife rampage after being dismissed from his job in Oklahoma state, according to US police. The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Alton Nolen, attacked another colleague with the knife before being shot by the Oklahoma food-distribution firm’s head – who was hailed a hero …

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has been tackled and nearly dragged to the ground in France overnight.

An Internet hoax convinced some people their new iPhone 6 could be charged in the microwave. Now pictures of burnt phones and exploding mircrowaves are showing up on social media.

A TERRORIST from the so-called Islamic State militant group who was responsible for the beheading of three hostages has been identified. The militant, dubbed Jihadi John, murdered US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, as well as UK aid worker David Haines, in shocking videos released by IS.

Dr. Rick Sacra, who entered The Nebraska Medical Center three weeks ago with Ebola, was released Thursday.

An outbreak of EV-D68 in the Hamilton region has pushed the number of Ontario children infected with the respiratory virus to over 100. Test results show Enterovirus D68, which has sickened thousands of kids in the United States, has infected 96 people in Hamilton over the past four weeks.

France announced on Thursday that it would introduce plain cigarette packaging and ban electronic cigarettes in certain public places, in a bid to reduce high smoking rates among the under-16s.

A Tennessee woman was charged with murder after gunning down a northwest Georgia woman because she wanted the woman’s newborn baby, a sheriff said. Catherine Goins lured 30-year-old Natalia Roberts to a friend’s home in Ringgold, Ga. earlier this month by saying she wanted to give the new mother some baby clothes, said Catoosa County Sheriff Gary Sisk.

Sean Groubert, 31, former South Carolina state trooper who shot an unarmed man has been arrested and is facing a charge of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Meanwhile, the video of that encounter has been shown in public for the first time.