Health officials say laboratory tests have confirmed three people in Volusia County have contracted Legionnaires' disease this year.

The Volusia County Health Department has not specified if any of these people died from the bacterial illness

Dr. Jim Kennedy, of the Royal College of General Practitioners, head of prescribing, notes that pregnant women are often told not to take many medications without scientific proof of its harm.

Dr. Kennedy worries, according to a BBC report, that women may be risking their health more by not being treated in the best way

Starting Sunday, those suffering from colds and allergies in Illinois will have to show identification to purchase pseudoephedrine-based medications. The law is intended to curb the use of the medications in the manufacturing of methamphetamine.

The number of meth labs found by state police has propelled Illinois into the third state in the country with the most number of meth cases. Nearly 1,000 meth lab busts occurred during each of the last three years

Starting Sunday, those suffering from colds and allergies in Illinois will have to show identification to purchase pseudoephedrine-based medications. The law is intended to curb the use of the medications in the manufacturing of methamphetamine.

The number of meth labs found by state police has propelled Illinois into the third state in the country with the most number of meth cases. Nearly 1,000 meth lab busts occurred during each of the last three years

Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) we be made available to teenagers trying to quit smoking.

Health Minister Jane Kennedy announces that the limits on the use of NRT, will be relaxed in order to get more young people to stop smoking