At least 10 people in southern India died Friday of suspected food poisoning after a ceremony to celebrate the construction of a new Hindu temple, police said.
The family of an 11-year-old with an inoperable brain tumor are preparing for their last Christmas together after he was given six months to live -- just two weeks ago.
Fentanyl is now the deadliest drug in America, beating out heroin and oxycodone which had previously been involved in the most overdose fatalities between 2011 and 2016.
Daniel Breyts was told to start preparing for his newborn's funeral before he was able to hold his son, Rowan, who was born three months early and suffered from Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC), an aggressive infectious disease that attacked his intestines.
A woman who recently suffered a heart attack but survived is now using her experience to remind others how the symptoms of the sometimes fatal occurrence can differ for men and women.
A family is suing the state of Oregon for $7.5 million after their family member and inmate died of complications related to the flu because she reportedly did not receive a preventive vaccine at the correctional facility.
The family of a prominent heart surgeon is suing the Florida hospital where he was chief of cardiovascular surgery over claims that staff gave him a lethal dose of painkillers following back surgery that left him in a vegetative state.
A former NFL cheerleader is urging others to be vigilant about their health after she claims her chest pain and shortness of breath was repeatedly dismissed as anxiety.
A woman’s risk of developing breast cancer may increase after giving birth, a new study published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine this week states.
A certain type of Kotex tampons has been voluntarily recalled by Kimberly-Clark after the company received reports that the feminine hygiene product was unraveling or coming apart inside some users’ bodies.
A Texas mother’s post about the “Best Santa ever” has gone viral after she shared moving photos of her 6-year-old son, who is blind and autistic, touching Santa’s face and feeling his suit as they shared a special moment.
The most urgently needed first step to addressing the misunderstandings about Centers for Disease and Prevention opioid prescribing guidelines, many clinicians and health experts say, is for the agency to clarify – in a high-profile way-- what the guidelines were meant, and not meant, to do.