The first case of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) -- a rare but serious polio-like illness -- been confirmed in South Dakota for the first time this year, state health officials said this week.
A judge struck down an environmental group’s emergency motion to expand a program that provides residents within in the city of Newark with free water filters on Tuesday, as the battle over lead regulations in the water system rages on.
Health officials on Thursday reported an outbreak of bacterial infections in people who got injections of stems cells derived from umbilical cord blood.
The 16-year-old son of a New York City Police officer who has always dreamed of driving a squad car like his father’s was surprised on Wednesday with his very own custom set of wheels outfitted to maneuver around his wheelchair.
The family of a 30-year-old former gymnast is asking for continued prayers as their daughter, who initially thought she was coming down with the flu earlier this month, fights for her life against toxic shock syndrome.
An Army veteran and former emergency services technician will receive the lifesaving kidney he needs next week thanks in part to a quick conversation he had with a barista at the Starbucks he frequents every morning on his way to work.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging parents and caregivers to stay away from teething products marketed as “jewelry” after receiving multiple reports of serious injuries in children, including strangulation, choking incidents and even death.
Doctors treating a 5-year-old boy in Kentucky are hoping to have him home in time for Christmas after a fall at school revealed a cancerous tumor in his arm.
"Sully" — President George H.W. Bush's service dog — has temporarily moved back to his birthplace before heading to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center next year.
Hundreds of people who reached out to Fox News through emails, and messages on social media, following the publication of a three-part series on the nation's struggle to address its crippling opioid crisis caused mainly by illegal drugs, and the unintended victims – chronic pain sufferers who have relied on prescribed opioids for relief -- left in its wake.