Health News

Black market cannabis products linked to US vaping illnesses

Health officials said Friday that black market cannabis products could be the cause of a mysterious outbreak of severe lung disease among vapers that has sickened more than 200 people and killed two. New York’s health department said laboratory test results showed very high levels of vitamin E oil in cannabis cartridges used by all […]

Pet Care

Join Us for Our Clear the Shelters 2019 Adoption Event!

blog_clear-shelters-promo_080719_main.png Malcolm is currently available at the ASPCA Adoption Center Come meet your new BFF! On August 17 2019, the ASPCA Adoption Center will be welcoming guests to celebrate our fifth annual Clear the Shelters adoption event! But this exciting event doesn’t stop at our Adoption Center—it’s a call across the country for adoption. Hundreds of shelters […]

Personal Health

First CRISPR study inside the body to start in US

Patients are about to be enrolled in the first study to test a gene-editing technique known as CRISPR inside the body to try to cure an inherited form of blindness. People with the disease have healthy eyes but lack a gene that converts light into signals to the brain that enable sight. The experimental treatment […]

Health News

US health officials move to tighten sales of e-cigarettes

U.S. health regulators are moving ahead with a plan designed to keep e-cigarettes out of the hands of teenagers by restricting sales of most flavored products in convenience stores and online. The new guidelines, first proposed in November, are the latest government effort to reverse what health officials call an epidemic of underage vaping. E-cigarettes […]