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When JoEllen Notte was set to get down and dirty with a hot new conquest, the guy surprised her with his protection of choice.

For patients facing serious illnesses, dying isn't necessarily the thing they dread the most — according to a new survey, a majority of patients consider bowel and urinary incontinence and having to rely on a breathing machine to be fates worse than death.

WASHINGTON — The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says officials are finding it challenging to eradicate mosquitoes in a part of Miami where 14 people appear to have contracted the Zika virus.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding more than $16 million to 40 U.S. states and territories as they grapple with the effects of the Zika virus.

SEATTLE (AP) - The Seattle City Council has unanimously passed an ordinance to bar the practice of conversion therapy to try to make gay young people straight.

Kevan Chandler and three of his friends have been backpacking in Europe since June.

Patients have better weight loss surgery outcomes in accredited centers, a review of past studies has found.

After helping her two children battle cancer, a Pennsylvania woman now faces the disease herself.

A child has died of anthrax in Siberia in the first fatal outbreak of the bacterial disease reported in Russia in 75 years, the regional governor’s office said on Tuesday.

The role of the female orgasm has been a head-scratcher for centuries.

A Texas family honored a police officer who helped deliver their newborn by giving him professional photos of their daughter wrapped in his uniform.

A British pole dancing and exercise instructor made some unusual moves while she was in labor on Sunday when she posted a video showing her pole dancing skills.

A Russian blogger decided to coat his genitals in plaster, then realized he was overheating and tried to break off the cast with power tools.

Global health officials are racing to better understand the Zika virus behind a major outbreak that began in Brazil last year and has spread to many countries in the Americas.

The following timeline charts the origin and spread of the Zika virus from its discovery nearly 70 years ago: 1947: Scientists researching yellow fever in Uganda's Zika Forest identify the virus in a rhesus monkey 1948: Virus recovered from Aedes africanus mosquito in Zika Forest 1952: First human cases detected in Uganda and Tanzania 1954: Virus found in Nigeria 1960s-80s: Zika detected in mosquitoes and monkeys across equatorial Africa 1969-83: Zika found in equatorial Asia, including India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Pakistan 2007: Zika spreads from Africa and Asia, first large outbreak on Pacific island of Yap 2012: Researchers identify two distinct lineages of the virus, African and Asian 2013-14: Zika outbreaks in French Polynesia, Easter Island, the Cook Islands and New Caledonia.

The tallest men in the world live in the Netherlands, and the tallest women call Latvia home, according to the largest study ever done on people's heights

About seven million children in the U.S. have fatty livers, and nearly a third of those kids also have prediabetes or diabetes, according to a new study.

By coordinating emergency resources, an experimental U.S. program got more heart attack patients treated promptly, researchers say.

Some hospital intensive-care units are bucking tradition by allowing patients’ family and friends to visit for unlimited hours.

Omega-3 fatty acid supplements may help the heart heal itself after a heart attack, according to a new study High doses, derived from fish oil and taken daily for six months after a heart attack, helped reduce scarring in the heart muscle and increase its ability to pump blood, researchers found.