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Image copyright AFP Image caption The stewardess caught the disease in April An Israeli air flight attendant who fell ill with measles on an El Al flight from New York to Israel has died, Israeli media say. The 43-year-old woman became unwell on the flight in April. It is unclear where she contracted the disease. […]

Jim Gavin was feeling lonely when he signed up for an adult education class at UCLA to learn more about writing. At 29 years old, he had been working in plumbing sales in Long Beach, California, and he longed to “meet people who cared about some of the things I cared about.” Then his journey

Kaylee Tyner graduated from Columbine High School last spring. For the most part, the Colorado teen’s high school experiences were relatively normal: There were football games and dances, and lots of late nights spent cramming for tests. “But to say that Columbine is a ‘normal’ school would be a lie,” the 18-year-old said. “The shooting

Having a baby is an expensive and challenging life event, but the extent of the difficulty can vary depending on where you live. A new report from the personal finance website WalletHub ranks the best and worst states to have a baby, based on metrics like hospital delivery charges, infant mortality rates and the number

Image copyright Reuters Image caption An outbreak of Ebola has killed more than 1,800 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo Ebola may soon be a “preventable and treatable” disease after a trial of two drugs showed significantly improved survival rates, scientists have said. Four drugs were trialled on patients in the Democratic Republic of

26 Relatable Tweets That Will Really Hit Home With Married People | HuffPost Life Over time, married couples come to know certain universal truths, regardless of where they live, who they’re married to or how long they’ve been together. For example, you’ll never, ever agree on the proper temperature for the thermostat, attempts to assemble

Tennessee lawmakers said Monday they are considering whether to seek one of the nation’s strictest abortion bans even as such laws continue to be struck down in court. At issue is a proposal to prohibit abortion once a pregnancy is detected. While a similar bill stalled in the Republican-controlled Statehouse earlier this year, backers are

Image copyright Getty Images A vaccine to protect people against the common sexually transmitted infection chlamydia has passed initial safety tests. It is the first of its kind to enter human trials. Experts say immunisation may be the best way to tackle the disease that accounts for nearly half of all sex infections diagnosed in

Here’s why it’s best to remove false teeth before surgery: You just might swallow them. A medical journal is reporting the case of a 72-year-old British man whose partial dentures apparently got stuck in his throat during surgery and weren’t discovered for eight days. The man went to the emergency room because he was having

Like it did for many Latino families, the El Paso mass shooting hit home. It seems families like mine are being targeted in the most hateful way. I’m a naturalized citizen from Venezuela, my husband is Mexican American from El Paso, and my two sons were born in the United States. Incidents like this and