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There isn't much evidence to conclusively prove that daily sunscreen use can prevent most skin cancers, a research review concludes.

As a yellow fever outbreak in central Africa exploded, 1 million vaccines disappeared in Angola.

Authorities in Germany say four people have died after being treated at a hospital on the Dutch border that offers alternativecancer treatment.

New York state's top prosecutor said on Thursday six companies have agreed to stop marketing products with claims that they can protect users from the mosquito-born Zika virus, just a day after his office sent them cease-and-desist letters.

DORAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Florida began aerial spraying on Thursday to kill mosquitoes in a Miami neighborhood with the first U.S. spread of the Zika virus that can cause a rare but devastating birth defect.

Your nose always tips you off when a carton of milk turns sour, and when you spot some mold growing on your leftovers, you know better than to dig in.

The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says aerial spraying of the insecticide naled is killing many mosquitoes in a Miami neighborhood where the insects apparently transmitted Zika to 15 people.

The common practice of temporarily replacing sick workers with healthy ones— previously believed to slow the onset of disease— may actually increase the spread of illness, suggests new research aimed at modeling and improving disease outbreak plans.

A new study that suggests ‘super-lice,’ or lice that are resistant to over-the-counter medication, have become more widespread in the United States.

It wasn’t the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 win over rival Texas Rangers Tuesday that had fans going wild -- instead, an 9-year-old boy stole the show when he threw out the first pitch, just one year after receiving a double hand transplant.

When a 28-year-old guy in otherwise good health got admitted to the ER with an irregular heart rhythm after vomiting blood, doctors were quick to note his beverage habit: two energy drinks and multiple beers every day for months.

What's less fun than having a root canal?

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is often characterized as restless days followed by restless nights.

A pharmaceutical company has rushed a special drug that once saved the life of a girl who contracted a usually deadly brain-eating amoeba to a South Carolina hospital with its own patient fighting the disease.

One of the first fitness trackers to include a wrist-worn heart rate monitor, the Basis Peak, is now being recalled because of its potential to cause blisters or burns on the skin, the company said today.

Even though Caucasians are much more likely to develop skin cancer than other ethnic groups, people of color who do get the disease are less likely to survive, a U.S. study suggests.

Black men and women with a sickle cell trait don’t see any more of an increased risk of death than those without the trait but who have other risk factors including obesity, older age and a history of smoking, a new study of American service members suggests.

It may someday be possible to send weak currents of electricity through the scalp during sleep to help improve memory for motor tasks, researchers say.

Older adults with a positive attitude about aging may be more resilient to stress, according to a new study.

Women with a common ovary problem should be screened for blood sugar and cholesterol problems, but a new survey of obstetricians and gynecologists found few were ordering those tests.