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For the first time, scientists use the gene-editing tool CRISPR to determine if a heart condition-related genetic variant in a patient poses real risk or not to that patient's health.

Hundreds of FBI officials in dark suits bowed their heads in a Virginia chapel Friday as a pastor offered a prayer to God: "Your son gave his life so that we may live."

Belle Swersey knows firsthand how therapeutic horseback riding can be. The 7-year-old girl, who is in remission from a rare type of muscle cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma, has been using equine therapy to help ease her pain for the past 2½ years.

Rajni Devi liked school and had big dreams. She was not going to end up like so many other girls in India: married off as a child bride.

The introduction of HPV vaccines has led to a sharp reduction in the number of young women with the cancer-causing infection in England, new data from Public Health England finds.

Horses are healers. I didn't know that when I fell in love with them.

From breakfast cereal to vegetables, US health officials are warning people to avoid some foods after this month's outbreak of unrelated intestinal infections, including salmonella.

A salmonella outbreak that affected 73 people in 31 states has been linked to Kellogg's Honey Smacks cereal, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

A number of American states and metropolitan "hot spots" are vulnerable to outbreaks of vaccine-preventable disease, new research suggests. The reason? Children whose parents opted out of vaccination.

Be unexpected. That was the graduation message from a teen who usually chooses not to speak.

A child in Venezuela who was reported to have a common symptom of polio does not have the viral disease, World Health Organization said Friday.

After 30 years of radio broadcasting, newsman Jamie Dupree lost his voice to an unusual condition that causes his tongue to dart out of his mouth.

Every couple of years a book or article arrives diagnosing parents with catastrophic spinelessness. The power pyramid has been inverted, they warn, and the children are in, and therefore out of, control.

India is facing its worst water shortage in history. Six hundred million people are dealing with high to extreme water shortage, according to a report by Niti Aayog, a policy think tank for the Indian government.

They are survivors from all walks of life. The deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain shook them. They are now speaking up to save more lives. "People have been through unimaginable things in their life and have come out the other side."

Like many new dads, Sabastion Sparks knew parenting would come with serious challenges.

In December 2015, Chris Babu suddenly became very ill.

New research suggests that diabetes drugs might be an effective treatment for people with Alzheimer's.

Alabama, California, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Tennessee have been added to the list of states where cut melon may be contaminated with salmonella, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. This brings the total number of states to 23.

Among US teens, sex and drugs are on the decline but suicide ideation and bullying are not, according to a new report from the CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey.