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The United States has its first confirmed case of a new virus that appeared in Wuhan, China, last month, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday. The coronavirus has already sickened hundreds and killed six people in Asia.

Adding to prior research, the FDA finds additional sunscreen chemicals used in over-the-counter sunscreens can invade the bloodstream after a single use. Still, the dangers of the sun are real -- don't abandon sun protection, they say.

Sperm donations from dead men is "ethically permissible," say doctors seeking to tackle the shortage of living donors in the UK.

The National Institutes of Health is working on a vaccine against the new virus that has infected hundreds and killed four in Asia.

The Lunar New Year holiday -- the largest annual human migration on Earth -- comes at the worst possible time for Chinese health authorities as they race to contain a new coronavirus.

New research says heart attack survivors who carry extra weight around their belly are at greater risk of another heart attack.

A new Chinese coronavirus, a cousin of the SARS virus, has infected hundreds since the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December. Here's what you need to know.

A new study casts doubt on the popular notion that smoking weed or using CBD may help cancer patients cope with pain.

Contrary to popular opinion, a new study adds to existing evidence that smoking weed may not help sleep, especially for frequent users.

About 2 million American adults with cardiovascular disease say they've used marijuana, despite the drug being a potential risk for heart health, a new research paper says.

Doctors have been increasingly prescibing benzodiazepines, also known as "benzos," a new study finds.

Today is Blue Monday, which is rumored to be the most depressing day of the year. But is it? Research hasn't proved that there is any one day more depressing than all the others. It's a PR stunt that has cemented itself into modern culture.

At a time when almost everything is politicized, vaccination has planted itself squarely on the national stage, where a push and pull between science and skepticism is playing out in statehouses across the country.

When Netflix debuted "13 Reasons Why" in 2017, some mental health experts argued the show was "dangerous" for its depiction of teen suicide.

Flu activity in the United States declined in the week ending January 11, according to new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It was the second consecutive week that saw a drop.

More than 100 staffers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being deployed to three US airports to check passengers arriving from Wuhan, China, for fever and other symptoms of a mysterious new virus that's killed two and infected dozens in China, the CDC announced Friday.

On Christmas Day, 16-year-old Kaylee Roberts opened presents at her aunt's house in suburban Cleveland, joyfully celebrating the holiday and laughing with her cousins. By New Year's Eve, she was dead.

The state of Utah is hoping to distribute condoms, just not the innuendos that were printed on them.

About 170 people who've gone to Yosemite National Park this month are suffering from gastrointestinal illness, including visitors and employees.

A second person has died in China from a new virus that has infected dozens of people and put the rest of Asia on alert, Chinese health officials said Thursday.