Thousands of cheerleaders have been warned about possible mumps exposure during a national competition in Dallas last month, Texas health authorities said....
Babies who look like their dads upon being born are apparently more likely to spend more time with their fathers, making them...
Parents who are worried about their kids getting too many vaccines at once can rest easy, a new study says. Children who...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced that at least 78 people have died and 353 have been infected in an “unprecedented”...
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first home test for consumers to check breast cancer risk. The DIY test,...
Hundreds of doctors in Kenya have gone on strike more than one week after medical staff were suspended due to operating on...
More and more American kids are getting admitted to the intensive care unit due to prescription painkiller or other opioid overdoses, a...
A large group of doctors issued a controversial statement today on type 2 diabetes, saying that patients can now aim for blood...
The Oscars for this year has just wrapped up, with the winners taking home the coveted gold-plated statues. As it turns out,...
Researchers have long been struggling to explain the so-called obesity paradox, wherein people who are overweight or obese live longer than those...
South Africa’s health ministry has issued a warning for consumers to avoid “all processed meat products that are sold as ready-to-eat” after...
A man in Houston thought he merely had a blister on his foot, but it escalated to an amputation after he turned...
A coyote that went on a biting spree in a New York City suburb has tested positive for rabies. The coyote was...
A former employee at YouTube has filed a lawsuit versus Google for allegedly hiring only female, black, and Hispanic or Latin applicants,...
Researchers put together the world’s biggest family tree that has records on around 13 million people. They used interconnected online genealogy profiles...
Those who want a body part to look bigger in a photo merely have to take a selfie, or at least, an...
Four medical staff members in Kenya have been suspended after operating on the head of the wrong patient at a hospital in...
Diabetes is actually not one or two, but five separate diseases, scientists say. This means a specific form of treatment could be...
The world’s new biggest airplane by wingspan has reached new top speeds on runway tests, bringing it one step closer to taking...
A 16-year-old boy in Florida was told he had the flu, but doctors realized later that the diagnosis was very much off...