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Behind the spread of the Zika virus is a tiny menace that just won't go away.

Being physically unfit is more damaging to living a long life than everything except smoking, according to a study published Wednesday in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

A news conference in Stillwater, Okla., on Wednesday was meant to announce new 3D mammography equipment at a local medical facility.

Federal disease detectives are investigating what they believe to be are the first Zika infections transmitted by local mosquitoes in the continental United States.

Homegrown mosquitoes apparently have infected four people in the Miami area with Zika and now it's up to tried-and-true public health measures to stamp out the birth defect-causing virus before it spreads.

A Turkish man who gave up his place in line for a kidney to save a dying girl has lost his life after crashing an ATV he received as a gift for his good deed.

A Dallas police officer whose quick thinking made headlines last summer recently had tea with the little girl whom he saved from choking on a coin.

Heads Up Football was supposed to be the NFL's salve for parents wary of letting their kids play football.

Worried that Swedes aren't having enough sex, the government wants to analyze the bedroom activities of its citizens in a major new study.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered blood banks in Florida's two most densely populated counties to stop collecting blood as health officials determine whether Zika has begun transmission in the continental United States.

Restraints in infant car seats fit most newborns poorly, and low-birthweight infants in particular may not be well protected, Australian researchers say.

Several teams of scientists are racing to develop a vaccine for the Zika virus.

Florida's governor says the state has concluded that four mysterious Zika infections likely came from mosquitoes in the Miami area.

If you're hesitating about sending a brelfie, the United Nations says go for it.

Most of us yearn to bump up our game.

Older people exposed to high lighting in the evening, and low light in the morning are more likely to gain weight, and the opposite light exposures may encourage weight loss, Japanese researchers say.

Parents making home-cooked meals often provide babies with too much fat and overall calories, while store-bought meals may not have enough of the fat children need to grow, according to a UK study.

A New York federal judge has ruled in favor of Bayer AG against nearly 1,300 lawsuits filed by women who say they suffered internal injuries from the company's Mirena intra-uterine contraceptive device.

Internet technologies may help underserved populations participate in medical research studies, but relying on those technologies to get broader participation isn't likely to work, a new study suggests.

More than half of newborn babies are not breastfed within the first hour of life, putting them at heightened risk of disease and death, the United Nations' children's agency said on Friday, highlighting sub-Saharan Africa as an area of concern.