The Best Commencement Speech The Class Of 2016 Could Hear

Class of 2016,Congratulations! And welcome to the rest of your historically long lives. It's worth reflecting on a semantic point for a moment: there's a reason this is called a "commencement address." The word commencement means the beginning, not the end. Never before has this been more poignant than it is today. So, here you sit, adorned in...

World Bank launches $500 million insurance fund to fight pandemics

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - - The World Bank on Saturday said it was launching a $500 million, fast-disbursing insurance fund to combat deadly pandemics in poor countries, creating the world's first insurance market for pandemic risk.

VIDEO: Quadruple amputee in kayak challenge

A quadruple amputee will join a group of injured servicemen to kayak through freezing waters and around icebergs off the coast of Greenland.

Doctors unsure how to comply with new Utah fetal pain law

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah's first-in-the-nation requirement that fetuses receive anesthesia or painkillers before some abortions takes effect Tuesday, but doctors say it's unnecessary and impossible to comply with.

Under-the-Skin ICD Holds Up Over Time

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FDA sets minimum sales age of 18 for e-cigarettes, cigars

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued highly anticipated regulations for all cigars, e-cigarettes, pipe tobacco and other products that set a minimum age of 18 for sale across all areas.

Families sue Illinois school district over transgender bathroom case

Dozens of families on Wednesday sued two federal agencies and a suburban Chicago school district over a policy they said disregards student privacy and safety by allowing transgender students to use bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity. Fifty-one families in the Palatine, Illinois, area sued the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Justice Department and Township High School District 211 for agreeing last December to provide a changing area in the girls' locker room for transgender students.