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PORTLAND, Ore. — That bowl of chips in front of the television at midnight may be doing more harm than expanding your waistline. A large new study...
LOS ANGELES — Four astronauts from the United States, France and Russia returned to Earth on Thursday, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the...
WASHINGTON — Many Americans who were told their iron levels were normal may in fact be iron deficient under new diagnostic standards from the...
People with Parkinson's disease who reported more hours of physical activity each week had slower declines in movement and in thinking over as...
NEW YORK — PepsiCo has recalled more than 122,000 cases of Gatorade sold in 37 states because the sports drinks contain artificial yellow dyes that...
SAN FRANCISCO — Scientists are making progress toward a goal that has eluded HIV researchers for more than four decades. In small trials, they have...
CHICAGO — The neighborhood that became the Milky Way may have started as thousands of smaller galaxies, some bursting with stars and some shining...
WASHINGTON — Nearly six decades after world powers agreed that no nation could claim the moon, a new race to settle its surface is testing whether...
About one in eight new cancer cases worldwide is linked to an infection, and most of that burden could be reduced with vaccines and treatment already...
PHILADELPHIA — Most Americans do not believe childhood vaccines cause autism, according to a new national survey, though the share rejecting the...
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the most powerful tools in the search for treatments that slow or even reverse aging, with recent...
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania's measles outbreak continued to grow on Monday, with the state reporting 68 new infections since last Wednesday,...
Romania drinks more alcohol per person than any other country, followed by Georgia and Latvia, according to the most recent internationally comparable...
WASHINGTON — One in three working-age Americans with private health insurance say they are paying off medical debt, according to a survey released...
STARBASE, Texas — SpaceX is preparing to launch its Starship megarocket on Monday in an attempt to reach orbit for the first time, a 10-hour test...
NEW YORK — Overall drinking among U.S. adults edged down after 2022, but people ages 50 to 64 kept drinking more — and more of them drank heavily...
BOSTON — A rare inherited change in the EGFR gene was tied to a sharp rise in lung cancer risk, including among people who have never smoked,...
SAN DIEGO — San Diego County health officials are urging residents to take precautions against mosquito bites after West Nile virus cases surged to...
Going without sleep makes it significantly harder to concentrate and learn new information, but a new study suggests a short bout of exercise may...
DENVER — Federal and state health officials are warning the public about a new and dangerous synthetic opioid called cychlorphine, following a...
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Doctors are urging patients to get vaccinated against influenza before flu activity begins climbing this fall, warning that...
Americans are drinking less for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to a new study, though overall alcohol consumption...
As measles cases in the United States climb to their highest level in more than three decades, public health officials are renewing calls for...
The astronomical start of fall arrives Tuesday evening in the Northern Hemisphere, but forecasters say anyone hoping the change of season will bring a...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Fiji has declared a national HIV emergency after new data showed an estimated one in every 60 people in the South Pacific...
Stanford University researchers have successfully transplanted lab-grown human brain tissue into genetically engineered mice, creating a new...
TAMPA, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health confirmed Friday that an 80-year-old Hillsborough County woman is the state's first known dengue...
WASHINGTON — Nearly three in four U.S. adults said they felt very tired or exhausted on at least some days in a three-month span in 2024, according...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has formally classified an ongoing hand soap recall as a Class II action, confirming that six products...
Two more raccoons found in Bay Shore and Babylon have tested positive for rabies, Suffolk County health officials announced Friday, pushing the...
MIAMI — Cancer deaths attributed to alcohol in the United States roughly doubled between 1990 and 2023, and among adults ages 20 to 54 the leading...
NEW ORLEANS — Even a small amount of light exposure during sleep may alter the shape and function of heart muscle over time, increasing the risk of...
BARCELONA, Spain — People with asthma who started semaglutide, the drug sold as Ozempic and Wegovy, had nearly 40% fewer attacks than similar...
BOSTON — A retired New Hampshire grocery store manager who once believed he was staring death in the face has become the longest-surviving recipient...
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Yosemite National Park officials are urging visitors to seek medical guidance if they had contact with a bat near...
A large new study presented at a major European cardiology conference has found that higher blood levels of xylitol, a popular sugar substitute used...
CHICAGO — A Chicago resident has died from West Nile virus, marking the first death linked to the mosquito-borne illness in both the city and the...
Leading U.S. medical organizations banded together Wednesday to issue new flu and COVID-19 vaccination guidelines for the fall, an effort doctors say...
HARMONY, N.C. — Health officials in North Carolina are asking anyone who touched baby goats from a mobile petting zoo to contact their local health...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's newest space telescope launched successfully Sunday morning, beginning a million-mile journey that scientists say...
SAN FRANCISCO — Researchers have published what they describe as the largest molecular map of autism-related protein interactions, showing how many...
A Chinese startup is betting American consumers will pay nearly $1,000 for a laser-equipped device that hunts and kills mosquitoes in midair, as the...
A new study is complicating the long-standing use of body mass index as a measure of health in older adults, finding that waist circumference may...
VALENCIA, Calif. — A CNN investigation has found that X2, the marquee thrill ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain, has been linked to more than a dozen...
Nicotine e-cigarettes may be the most effective tool available for helping smokers quit, outperforming both traditional nicotine replacement therapies...
Flash flooding kills more people in the United States each year than tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning, yet many Americans significantly...
An 8-year-old Louisiana girl has died after contracting a rare and almost always fatal brain-eating amoeba while swimming, prompting renewed questions...
Two unvaccinated residents of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, have died from measles, the Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed Tuesday, marking...
COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in nearly every U.S. state, according to the latest epidemic modeling from the Centers for Disease...
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County health officials confirmed the first West Nile virus death of 2026 this week, a San Fernando Valley resident who...
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