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What is a traumatic brain injury?

10 years ago
Cell phone video released Friday recorded Rakeyia Scott, the wife of Keith Lamont Scott, who was fatally shot by Charlotte police, screaming, "He has a TBI," or traumatic brain injury. On Thursday, Scott's mother told CNN affiliate WCSC about a "near-death" motorcycle accident her son survived last year.

The neuroscientist spending the Chan Zuckerberg $3 billion

10 years ago
Hearing the words "$3 billion," most of us felt vaguely stunned, so we missed hearing what came next during Wednesday's announcement from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan. The Silicon Valley couple also introduced the world to the new president of Chan Zuckerberg Science -- now perhaps the most influential scientist on the planet.

Police: 17-year-old makes toddler smoke weed

10 years ago
When you hear of peer-pressured pot smokers, you picture first-year college students or coming-of-age teens, not toddlers. That's why a video that police say Lamel Yancey of Arkansas uploaded to Facebook is causing furor online. It shows Yancey urging a diapered, 3-year-old to smoke a joint.

States sue Suboxone drugmaker

10 years ago
A lawsuit filed by 35 states and the District of Columbia alleges that drugmaker Indivior violated antitrust laws by trying to extend its monopoly over Suboxone, New York's attorney general announced Thursday. Suboxone is a prescription drug used to treat patients addicted to heroin, painkillers and other opioid drugs.

Sexual assault: Changing the conversation before college

10 years ago
In a striking new public service announcement trying to change the conversation about sexual assault, tween, teen and college students, girls and boys, women and men, look directly at the camera and don't say a word. Instead, they hold up posters with statements that speak volumes about the messages society has been sending for far too long.

Wells Pharmacy Network recalls hundreds of products

10 years ago
A major recall has been issued for all sterile products recently produced by the compounding pharmacy Wells Pharmacy Network. The recall was prompted by concern from the US Food and Drug Administration "over a lack of sterility assurance," according to the recall announcement issued Thursday.

Dalton and Katie Prager: A love story

10 years ago
Katie and Dalton Prager both had cystic fibrosis. Despite doctors' warnings, they married and became known as the real "Fault in Our Stars" couple. They passed away days apart from each other in September 2016.

Gonorrhea outbreak shows increased antibiotic resistance

10 years ago
Seven gonorrhea patients in Hawaii are the first known US cases in which the sexually transmitted infection showed reduced susceptibility to the single available effective treatment option, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today. The patients were diagnosed in April and May.
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