Customers who visited a Dunkin’ Donuts location on the Jersey Shore last week are being urged to get the hepatitis A vaccination after an employee tested positive for the highly contagious virus near the end of last month.
The 73-year-old woman who had both her healthy kidneys removed in what she had claimed was an erroneous procedure has died nine months after the surgery.
A woman in Ireland who was diagnosed with chronic idiopathic urticarial (CIU), or chronic idiopathic hives, said she is terrified that her debilitating symptoms may return at any moment since she isn’t sure what caused them to appear in the first place.
A mother in the U.K. is calling for a ban on tanning beds after she claims her affinity for fake color as a young teen led to the eventual amputation of her left ear.
A Texas family is mourning the death of their 4-year-old daughter who died from a flu-related illness last week after testing positive for the virus only days earlier.
Two 35-year-old strangers in Arizona have discovered they are actually sisters after they were both unknowingly raised by men who weren’t their biological father.
With e-cigarette use reaching “epidemic levels” among the nation’s youth and major health groups urging the government to step in, an anti-tobacco organization has launched a free text messaging service aimed at teens to help them quit their potentially harmful habits.
A 5-year-old girl who lost all four limbs to meningitis before age 1 is gearing up for her first half-marathon, where she’ll be aided around the course by her team members before hopefully finishing the final stretch on her prosthetic legs.
When tennis star Andy Murray posted a hospital photo to Instagram last week, the pushback was swift. Not for the overshare, but for what some doctors said were medical errors, including misplaced IVs and unshaven arm hair.
A big brother in Scotland is up for “sibling of the year” after he shaved his head in solidarity with his 7-year-old sister, who is undergoing chemotherapy to treat leukemia.
Medical authorities say a 24-year-old Texas man who died last month after his vaporizer pen exploded was killed by penetrating trauma after pieces of the device severed his left carotid artery and peppered his skull.
A Virginia Beach woman who allegedly found a sharp plastic hook inside a tampon claims she received an apology from the company and an offer for an alleged refund, which she calls “unacceptable.”
A council worker has relived the extraordinary moment when she awoke from a coma thinking she was "the Messiah" after a rare brain infection turned her into "a different person."
Members of a Utah family grieving the loss of their 55-year-old father who died from rabies in November are now facing a $50,000 hospital bill they received for their preventive vaccinations.
