NICU Nurse Dresses Her Tiny Patients as Superheroes for Halloween: ‘They Are Little Heroes’

The NICU at Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, North Carolina, is filled with tiny heroes. Batman is asleep in his crib. Supe...

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Researchers Clear 'Patient Zero' From AIDS Origin Story

It's one of the biggest medical mysteries of our time: How did HIV come to the U.S.? Scientists say they have figured out when a...

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Richard Branson: Donald Trump told me he wanted 'to spend the rest of his life' getting revenge

Billionaire and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson published a blog post on Friday recalling his first interaction with Republican p...

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Detroit officials warn of Hepatitis A scare at Whole Foods

Fox 2 Detroit reported that the Detroit Health Department announced Thursday that the first case was a food handler at the grocery sto...

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Gallup: Support for marijuana legalization surges to new highs

A new Gallup poll released Wednesday shows 60 percent of American adults now say that marijuana should be legal, the highest level of ...

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Ghost pepper burns hole in man's esophagus

Aghost pepper's heat is described in terms normally reserved for carpet bombings. Its heat is measured at 1 million units on the S...

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Relief and hope: No longer joined, twins making progress Conjoined boys endu

CNN) - Nicole and Christian McDonald were in the hospital room with their newly separated twin boys, Jadon and Anias, when they glan...

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Tim Kaine makes history with speech delivered entirely in Spanish, CNN reports

Tim Kaine on Sunday (Oct. 16) became the first presidential ticket candidate in history to deliver a campaign speech entirely in Spa...

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Update: Conjoined twins separated, both out of surgery

New York (CNN)After 27 hours of surgery, twin boys Anias and Jadon McDonald -- born joined at the head 13 months ago -- began a new ...

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New life, apart: Rare surgery to separate brothers conjoined at head

New York (CNN)Anias and Jadon McDonald are twins conjoined at the head. Their birth was rare; science says the boys are one in milli...

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Source of Legionnaires' outbreak is identified

A cooling tower that eluded investigators' initial sweep of the city of Hopkins has been identified as the source of a Legionnai...

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Calcium supplements could give you a heart attack

People who took calcium pills were 22% more likely to have plaque buildup in their arteries, the Journal of the American Heart Assoc...

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Thailand King Bhumibol Health Update 2016: Death Fears Grow After Hospitalization From Blood Purification

Thailand's elderly king was in unstable condition after he received a treatment Saturday to purify his blood. King Bhumibol Adulyadej ...

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Can The Mumps Kill You? Arkansas Investigating Hundreds Of Cases In Outbreak

A mumps outbreak brought 427 cases of the virus to northwestern Arkansas, the state's department of health reported Friday. Thirte...

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World Mental Health Day: 7 Mental Illness Myths That Need Unlearning

Oct. 10 marks World Mental Health day. According to the World Health Organization, the objective of observing the day is to raise awar...

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Ice cream recalled for possible listeria

Nestlé USA, Inc. is initiating a voluntary recall of its Nestlé Drumstick Club 16 count Variety Pack and 24 count Vanilla Pack (with...

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Bentley declares state of emergency so evacuees can get meds

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Gov. Robert Bentley issued a state of emergency to help hurricane evacuees get their prescriptions filled while i...

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Desmond Tutu: When my time comes, I want option of physician-assisted suicide

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu reaffirmed his approval of physician-assi...

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Theranos Gives Up on Blood-Testing Labs to Become the Thing It Tried to Fix

THERANOS WAS ONCE among the most exciting startups in Silicon Valley. It got that way by telling everyone a story: Its technology was ...

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