BUTEMBO, Congo (AP) — Militia members attacked an Ebola treatment center hours after another attack killed a staffer with the World Health Organization, ...
Robin Wallace thought her years of working as a counselor in addiction treatment gave her a decent understanding of the system. She has worked in private and ...
Amidst a major measles outbreak in New York and other areas across the country, five unnamed mothers sued New York City to bar the municipality from ...
After dozens of health care workers were charged with illegally prescribing opioids in Appalachia, local health agencies are trying to make sure chronic pain ...
In response to Washington state's worst measles outbreak in more than two decades — 74 people have been infected so far — the state legislature moved to ...
WASHINGTON — US health officials are giving $350 million to researchers in four states hit hardest by the deadly opioid epidemic. The study announced ...
Ordering more tests or treatments is not always best for patients' health or wallet. A group of medical educators is trying to address the problem where they think ...
BOISE — Passengers who used a restroom on-board a Greyhound bus April 10 from Salt Lake City to Boise may have potentially been exposed to Hepatitis A.
Rockland County Executive Ed Day's fight against the measles took another hit in court Friday, as a state appellate panel refused to reinstate his order barring ...
Researchers have used a blood substitute and other methods to restore some activity to the brains of pigs that had been killed four hours before the experiment.
Researchers believe they might have a better understanding of a rare illness that mostly impacted children in dozens of states including Washington at the end ...
(WXYZ) — In our Health Alert tonight, a deadly Listeria outbreak has been linked to sliced deli meats and cheeses sold at stores in four states, including ...
Corrected results from a survey of outdoor enthusiasts still show broad support for reviving a program to offer bounties for deer carcasses infected with chronic ...
A recent study on the brains of pigs suggested that some activity could be restored even after the porkers had been dead for four hours. A neuroscientist who ...
Kimberly Ho, a newly minted nurse at Children's National Medical Center just off a 12-hour overnight shift, struggled to focus on a presentation about working ...
It's Autism Awareness Month, and to honor it, Sesame Street is showing us how to better support kids on the spectrum. They've released a few new short videos ...
A baby in California has died after contracting whooping cough, officials said, marking the first such death in Orange County in more than a decade. A news ...
Doctors believe Ja'bari Gray was born with a rare genetic condition called epidermolysis bullosa that makes his skin appear translucent, or even non-existent.
The sun sets at a later time the further to the west of a time zone you live. The longer hours of light are linked to later bedtimes and poorer health, a new US an ...
MACON, Ga. -- April is known nationally as Alcohol Awareness Month, and one Macon man sat down with WGXA to share his story on how he got his life back ...
A deer located in Culpeper County has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries announced the ...
The Pennsyvlania Department of Agriculture has announced that state dog wardens will conduct dog license and rabies vaccination checks in 23 counties ...
Syphilis is spreading from big cities into rural counties across the Midwest and West. One Missouri clinic has seen more than six times as many cases in the first ...
Seven-year-old Leia Armitage lived in total silence for the first two years of her life, but thanks to pioneering brain surgery and years of therapy she has found her ...
Skipping breakfast and eating dinner close to bedtime could be a deadly decision — especially for those who have already suffered a heart attack, a study ...
A tiny bone hidden in the tendon of the knee started to disappear over the course of human evolution ... or so scientists thought. Now, a new study finds that this ...
It's important for health apps to keep your data under lock and key, but it's not clear that's the case for some mental health apps. A study of 36 mental health...
In California, researchers are exploring the disproportionate rise of a progressive form of fatty liver disease in Latino children. The condition is the ...
It\u2019s safe to say that starting a business in Utah in its current climate is not a bad idea. That said, starting a company presents quite the challenge.
According to a new study from the University of Alberta, younger children who receive two or more hours of screen time per day were nearly six times more likely ...
"Often, people are spreading the disease before they even realize they have it," Caloia said. "You may be around someone who doesn't have a rash or fever yet ...
SEATTLE – Just a couple weeks ago, nine-month-old Rayden Darby was at a park for the very first time without a giant bubble covering him from head to toe.
When Karolyn Schrage first heard about the “dominoes gang” in the health clinic she runs in Joplin, Mo., she assumed it had to do with pizza. Turns out it was a ...
One in five children suffer from a mental health disorder -- with notable increases in depression and anxiety over the past 30 years -- yet less than one-third have ...
Riding a bike is healthy but time in the sun can lead to skin problems, some of them serious. it's easy to get caught out by the sun when cycling so here's how to ...
If you're prone to serious allergic reactions, carrying an epinephrine shot (such as an EpiPen) could be vital. Those shots are often bulky, though, and there's a ...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Doctors and scientists have reportedly made a medical breakthrough that could help those living with multiple sclerosis (MS). According to a ...
It's one of the great mysteries of medicine, and one that affects the lives of millions of people: Why do women's immune systems gang up on them far more than ...
One case of measles has struck Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, adding to the overall increase of measles outbreaks being reported since ...
At TED 2019, neuroscientist Matthew Walker argued that sleep deprivation is having a catastrophic effect on our health and safety—here are all the ways.
On March 29, 42-year-old Farrah Wertz of Boyertown died from a rare complication of a broken bone. Three days later, Jared Balogh, a 43-year-old Bethlehem ...
