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Lots of women go to the doctor for urinary tract infections, but the standard test does a lousy job of figuring out who could benefit from antibiotics, a study finds. That means that otherwise healthy people can probably skip testing, doctors say, especially if they have had an infection before and know the symptoms.

The Swedish furniture store Ikea is sending a $2.6 million aid package. China is sending aid worth $1.6 million. It first offered $100,000.

A state-run news service says the government will make a big change to the policy designed to restrain population growth. That policy has also led to a relative shortfall of young people and especially of girls.

A mollusk named Ming was that old when it was dredged up in the ocean off Iceland several years ago. It was named Ming in honor of the Chinese dynasty it was born into.

For years, Dolly Penland wrote an award-winning advice column for business owners, and learned that success depends, as much as anything, on the employees…

He spent eight seasons playing Carmine Ragusa, AKA the Big Ragu, on the iconic sitcom Laverne & Shirley.In addition to his TV credentials, Eddie Mekka is…

The House has approved a Republican-sponsored bill that would allow insurance companies to continue offering policies that would be canceled under the Affordable Care Act. The Keep Your Health Plan Act was adopted by a vote of 261-157, with the support of 39 Democrats.

Stores are selling more LED lights this year, which use less energy. As these lights grow cheaper, Wal-Mart says it will devote half its Christmas light shelf space to LED's. Costco won't sell anything else.

A string of fatal bicycling accidents are coming as no surprise to the First Coast cycling community, where biking is typically viewed as a dangerous…

The death this weekend of 15-year-old Haley Smith on Kenton Morrison Road is the second fatal hit-and-run accident in St. Johns County in as many…