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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...
BATON ROUGE, La. — Researchers who have spent years studying GLP-1 weight loss medications say some of the drugs' effects have caught even...
COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in all 50 states, according to the latest estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and...
SpaceX set a new company record Saturday evening, launching two Falcon 9 rockets from opposite coasts of the United States just 38 minutes and 31...
Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have found that fecal microbiome transplantation, delivered orally through capsules sometimes referred...
A new report has documented a rapidly worsening epidemic of silicosis, an incurable and often fatal lung disease, among California workers who cut and...
Millions of people across Europe stepped outside Wednesday to witness a rare total solar eclipse, as the moon's shadow swept across Greenland,...
The moon's shadow is sweeping across the Arctic and parts of Europe today, bringing a total solar eclipse to Greenland, Iceland and Spain, and...
GREENLAND — Eclipse cartographer Michael Zeiler is aboard the expedition ship Ocean Explorer heading toward the fjords of Greenland, where he hopes...
The Federal Communications Commission has approved a California startup's plan to launch a satellite designed to reflect sunlight down to...
With a total solar eclipse set to sweep across parts of the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland and Spain on August 12, interest in do-it-yourself eclipse...
Millions of people across the Northern Hemisphere will have the chance to witness a solar eclipse on August 12, with a narrow path of totality...
A total solar eclipse will sweep across the Northern Hemisphere on Wednesday, Aug. 12, and for the vast majority of the world's population who...
Coffee drinkers who have spent years feeling guilty about their second or third cup can breathe a little easier: the American Heart Association says...
Scientists at Stanford University and the Arc Institute have used artificial intelligence to design entirely new viruses capable of infecting and...
Shares of Doximity soared Friday, more than doubling at one point and trading up 61.17% to $33.25 by mid-morning, after the digital platform for U.S....
A total solar eclipse will sweep across the Northern Hemisphere on Wednesday, Aug. 12, marking the first total eclipse visible from mainland Europe...
A snack inspired by one of Thailand's most beloved desserts has spent the past two years building a devoted following at Trader Joe's, with...
Cancer cells that survive chemotherapy may release a common dietary sugar to help neighboring tumor cells break loose and spread throughout the body,...
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is intensifying at an "exceptional" pace, the World Health Organization warned...
Australia confirmed its first mass mortality event linked to the H5N1 bird flu virus on Monday, after the disease killed approximately 50 greater...
Skywatchers across North America and Europe are set to experience two distinct celestial events within a single day on Wednesday, Aug. 12, as a...
More than 80 dead and dying seabirds have been spotted off the South Australian coast in what authorities suspect is the country's first mass...
Florida has recorded its first death of 2026 caused by an infection from Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" bacterium,...
A daily multivitamin may offer modest but measurable benefits for older adults' cardiovascular health and their ability to perform everyday...