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For the first time, the Mediterranean diet has won the gold as 2019's best overall diet in rankings announced Wednesday by US News and World Report.

Jadon and Anias McDonald, the once-conjoined twins whose separation surgery captivated millions in 2017, are now 3. Their progress in the two years since is both awe-inspiring and heart-wrenching.

Psychological and emotional abuse in intimate relationships is now a crime in Ireland.

You may be aware that a plant-based diet can make you healthier by lowering your risk for obesity, heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. But research shows there's another good reason to regularly eat meatless meals. By filling your plate with plant foods instead of animal foods, you can help save the planet.

A controversial tool has emerged in the fight against opioid overdose deaths. It's a strip that allows people who use street drugs such as cocaine and heroin to test whether their drugs are laced with fentanyl.

It's that time of year when the Champagne flows and the partying kicks off with a toast to the new year -- but at what age can most young people legally start sipping bubbly?

Four physicians -- experts in pediatrics, infectious diseases and health policy -- have a message for White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders: Contrary to what she says, it's not clear that the federal government is doing everything it can to care for children crossing the border.

Every year, from 5 to 20 percent of the people in the United States will become infected with influenza virus. An average of 200,000 of these people will require hospitalization and up to 50,000 will die. Older folks over the age of 65 are especially susceptible to influenza infection, since the immune system becomes weaker with age. In addition, older folks are also more susceptible to long-term disability following influenza infection, especially if they are hospitalized.

Last year Ifeanyi Ugokwe was arrested and locked up for weeks. His crime: he tried to take his own life.

Every year, families all across the United States perform a selfless act that can help to transform the lives of millions of the most vulnerable children. I don't mean goodwill holiday donations of food or clothing, or people making out generous checks to their favorite Christmas charity. I'm not even talking about this time of year. In fact, it happens all year round and, in most cases, people aren't even aware of the positive impact they are having.

Public drug usage and homelessness are not new problems for the city of San Francisco, home to Uber, Twitter and Salesforce. But residents say the situation has gotten worse in recent years with 7,500 complaints about discarded needles made in the first 10 months of this year. That's up from 6,363 last year. In 2015, the number was less than 3,000. It's moved some locals -- so-called "video vigilantes" -- to document the mess they see, in an attempt to get the city's attention.

An American was possibly exposed to Ebola while recently providing medical assistance in Congo, according to a release from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health.

A baby born this month in Texas weighed nearly 15 pounds, breaking records for the hospital.

Following the deaths of two migrant children in US Customs and Border Protection custody, the agency's leader reached out to an influential group of pediatricians for guidance.

It was a Friday afternoon like any other. I ate lunch, dropped off my dry cleaning, then stopped by my local Target to pick up some prescriptions.

Akihiko Kondo doesn't have the air of a rebel. This year, however, the bespectacled school administrator bucked conventional norms.

Intersex people will be able to register as "divers," which roughly translates to miscellaneous, on birth certificates, instead of having to choose between male or female.

Stay calm.

When Katsunori and Kaori Osaka had their first child, they were living in a cramped flat in Nagoya, a city of more than 2 million people in northern Japan.

Flu activity is increasing in the United States, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.