The West Nile Virus has popped up in Montgomery County in the State of Texas according to Texas health officials.

The case marks the second time West Nile has appeared in a human, the first was reported July 6 in Swisher county

A mother was charged with two counts of murder in the beating deaths of her two sons. Police say Magdalena Lopez, 30, beat the boys with a 10-pound dumbbell because she believed they would be better off in heaven.

Lopez was arrested Tuesday night after police responded to her 911 call and found 9-year-old Antonio Lopez and 2-year-old Erik Lopez dead in separate rooms of their home

Researchers found that when people in their 20s first marry, husbands are more likely to start or resume smoking marijuana if their wives smoke it, and are more likely to stop smoking marijuana if their spouses do not smoke.

Husbands, however, had little influence on whether their wives used marijuana, the team at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions found

A report released by Health Day News

Dr. Duane Alexander, director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development says, "This year, the adolescent birth rate has reached another record low, the death rate for children aged 1 to 4 is the lowest ever, young children are more likely to receive their recommended immunizations, and fourth graders are scoring better in math

Five women who took the abortion pill RU-486 have died from bacterial infections since its U.S. introduction nearly five years ago, the manufacturer reported on Monday.

Mifeprex already carries a warning about the possibility that women who take the drug could experience serious and sometimes fatal infections. The company is updating the label to give physicians more information to help them spot the problem, Danco spokeswoman Cynthia Summers said