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Device Detects When Child is Left in Hot Car

College students in Maryland invent device that detects when a child is left behind in a dangerously hot vehicle. Kate Amara reports.

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Accidental Drowning is Biggest Risk to...

New report finds accidental drowning is biggest risk to children 5 and under. Erika Edwards reports.

The Love Train is Coming

The public transportation system in Prague wants to take riders on a new kind of journey. The metro system plans to introduce a "love train", as it's been called. Each train would have a...

Ex-NBC Correspondent Opens Up About Battle...

Charles Sabine is a former NBC war correspondent who spent most of his career witnessing atrocities around the world. But after learning that he's carrying a gene for a deadly disease, he's channeling...

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 12:35 PM EDT

New Devices to Detect Skin Cancer

Dermascope and MelaFind are just a couple breakthrough devices dermatologists across the country are using to detect early sings of skin cancer cells in their patients. Dr. Cheryl Burgess visited News4 to explai...

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 10:27 AM EDT

Camp Lejeune's Toxic Legacy

Thirty years after massive toxic contamination was discovered at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Marines and their families want help and answers. A federal health report is due this spring, but some answers...

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 10:24 AM EDT

Cholesterol Testing Approved for Kids

Doctors approve cholesterol testing on younger children. Emily Longnecker reports.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 09:04 AM EDT

"Superbug Zapper" Tackles Rising Hospital Threat

Antibiotic resistant superbugs are on the rise in hospitals. A new "superbug zapper" is being used at UCLA Medical Center. The high-tech tool works by bathing hospital rooms with pulses of high-intensity...

Monday, May 20, 2013 at 03:39 PM EDT

Jessica Alba Talks About "The Honest Life"

News4's Eun Yang talks to Jessica Alba about motherhood, D.C. and living "The Honest Life" at Bethesda Row's fashion event, The Front Row.

Monday, May 20, 2013 at 11:38 AM EDT

CDC: Fecal Bacteria Common in Swimming Pools

Health officials at the CDC say they found fecal bacteria in more than half of the water samples taken from Atlanta-area public swimming pools last summer. And they say contaminated water leading to...

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