President Barack Obama delivered an impassioned and personal speech addressing the national health epidemic of prescription drug and heroin addiction, which is killing more Americans per year than automobile crashes.
The Obama administration has been working on an coordinated effort to help communities battling "epidemic" heroin and prescription painkiller abuse, which includes President Barack Obama traveling to West Virginia, a state particularly hard hit by drug abuse.
Research scientists published a report and a map in the May issue of the Preventing Chronic Disease journal that illustrates the "Most Distinctive Causes of Death" in the U.S.
Around 17 tanker cars carrying crude oil exploded or caught fire after a CSX train derailed near a West Virginia lake. Federal and state officials are investigating the incident and testing the river's water for possible contamination.
Though Tuesday's midterm elections saw many firsts at the national level, one of the most historic ones happened at the state level, specifically West Virginia. Voters in the Mountain State elected the youngest state legislator in both the state's and the nation's history, choosing Republican college freshman Saira Blair over her Democratic challenger.
A new study found that obesity in the United States is growing at an alarming rate, especially in the south, making America the most obese major country in the world.
