Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has just passed a brand new law changing the legal age for buying tobacco products from 18 to 21. The law will be affective six months from now, when the city of New York will then have the "strictest limits on tobacco purchases" says the New York Times.
One North Dakota resident called into the Y94 radio station in Fargo offering some children tricks rather than treats this Halloween. Instead of simply giving candy to every child, children who she considers to be “moderately obese” will get a critical letter in their goodie bag as well.
A recent study took a closer look at the health of first and second generation immigrant families who come to the United States and leave their traditional diets behind and adapt to the American lifestyle and diet.
A mysterious flesh-eating drug, Krokodil, is now spotted in the US, particularly Arizona. The said drug first emerged in Russia about ten years ago, Fox News reports.
