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Patients with a rare condition who rely on a certain hormone to ensure their quality of life are now pleading with the federal government for help after the critical medicine was recalled. One of those patients is a man from Vermont’s Chittenden County. “It’s really scary,” said Ryan Polly, describing the uncertainty over the medication Natpara, which he thinks of...

The shipping agent for an Iranian supertanker caught in a diplomatic standoff says the vessel is ready to depart Gibraltar on Sunday or Monday, as the U.S. made a last-minute effort to seize it again. The head of the company sorting paperwork and procuring for the Grace 1 oil tanker in the British overseas territory said the vessel could be...

U.S. health officials are investigating whether electronic cigarettes may trigger seizures in some people who use the nicotine-vaping devices. The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it has reviewed 35 reports of seizures among e-cigarettes users, mainly in young people. Regulators stressed it’s not yet clear whether vaping is responsible. But they said they’re concerned and encouraged the public to...

A Massachusetts man is facing nearly 100 charges after police seized 47 guns, 44 homemade silencers and 35,000 rounds of ammunition from his home this week. Jeffrey Dusti, 62, of Shirley was arraigned Thursday on 47 counts of possession of a firearm without an FID card, 44 counts of possession of a silencer and one count of possession of a...

The U.S. military said early Friday it seized over 1,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles being smuggled by small ships in the Gulf of Aden amid the ongoing war in nearby Yemen. The seizure by the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham may mark the first such interdiction of weapons at sea bound for Yemen in years for American forces patrolling the region....

A 14-year-old boy helped save his friend over the weekend after the friend suffered a seizure while swimming in a pond in Pelham, New Hampshire.

One of the world’s most dreaded viruses has been turned into a treatment to fight deadly brain tumors. Survival was better than expected for patients in a small study who were given genetically modified poliovirus, which helped their bodies attack the cancer, doctors report. It was the first human test of this and it didn’t help most patients or improve...

An Ohio man filed a wrongful death lawsuit against two of the country’s largest football helmet manufacturers, alleging their products failed to protect his deceased son and didn’t provide an adequate warning message for athletes’ parents. The lawsuit, filed last week in Montgomery County, Ohio, names Riddell Sports Group and the parent company that owns Schutt Sports as...

The 400 pairs of various counterfeit sneakers would have had a value of $54,715 at the suggested retail price if they were authentic, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials.

In a bid to dispel Western fears about planned war games by Russia and Belarus, the Russian military said Tuesday the maneuvers simulating a response to foreign-backed “extremists” won’t threaten anyone. The maneuvers, to be held Sept. 14-20 in Belarus and western Russia, have raised NATO concerns. Some alliance members, including the Baltic states and Poland, have criticized Moscow for...

Customs agents seized nearly 300 pounds of banned yak meat at JFK Airport after a shipment was found hidden in sweaters, shawls and pants, officials said Tuesday.

Syrian government forces battling the Islamic State group re-entered Palmyra on Thursday in their quest to again take the historic town they had lost to the militants in December, state media reported. The Kremlin’s spokesman said President Vladimir Putin was informed by his defense minister that Syrian troops had gained control of Palmyra, with support from Russian warplanes. However, there...

A Newsweek reporter who has epilepsy is seeking information from Twitter in his effort to find out the identity of a person he says sent him an image intended to trigger a seizure.

The Federal Drug Administration has issued a blanket warning to consumers to refrain from using homeopathic teethers after receiving reports of the deaths of 10 babies who used those products. “I can confirm we have 10 deaths associated with the use of this product… over six years, since 2010,” said FDA spokeswoman Lyndsay Meyer.