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A Texas middle school football player died Wednesday after experiencing a medical emergency during practice, school officials said.

Three years ago, Lisa Smith got a call from her babysitter that every parent fears: something was wrong with her toddler — she wasn't waking up.

A Parkinson’s diagnosis was not part of the plan for 27-year-old Jimmy Choi.

The maker of children’s medicines has issued a voluntary recall for over two dozen of its products over a “microbial contamination” that could result in life-threatening infections.

Members of a family in northern Virginia fell ill and needed hospital attention after eating a meal containing wild mushrooms picked near their apartment complex.

A Missouri man who was allegedly told he had terminal cancer is suing his three doctors after a specialist determined he was actually suffering from a treatable inflammatory disease.

Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Travis Frederick announced Wednesday he has been diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome and his return to the gridiron is uncertain.

Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Travis Frederick announced Wednesday he has been diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome and his return to the gridiron is uncertain.

Louisiana and Mississippi are leading the nation in the number of people who have become the most seriously ill from West Nile virus this year.

A man who was bitten by a shark while swimming at a Texas beach earlier this month said he’s now being treated for flesh-eating bacteria related to the shark bite.

A Pennsylvania family is suing a popular candy company after they claim that their son nearly choked to death while sucking on a defective lollipop.

Expecting Venezuelan women are leaving their country due to lack of prenatal care, medicine and diapers and giving birth across the border in Brazil, where three Venezuelan babies are born every day.

The wife of a Jamestown man who severed a hand while making sausage in his garage believes the quick actions of emergency responders likely saved his life but says her husband will still lose the hand.

A rare sexually transmitted disease that causes flesh-eating ulcers on patients’ genitalia has popped up in England, the Lancashire Post reported.

A man almost died after his bowel became so full with feces it burst and caused his organs to start shutting down.

The key to changing blood types may be in the gut.

A toxin inadvertently produced in the manufacture of a widely prescribed medicine but not spotted for years raises questions about regulators' ability to detect risks in a sprawling global drug supply chain increasingly reliant on factories in China.

Some women have a new option for cervical cancer screening — and it doesn't necessarily involve a Pap test — according to updated guidelines from a government-appointed panel of experts.

The father of a young girl with leukemia shared a touching moment with the youngster -- with the results caught on camera.

Two popular monitors that promise to keep parents informed about their babies' vital signs scored poorly in a test comparing them with actual hospital quality monitors, researchers say.