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Taking a new baby home can be scary but you'll be better prepared after you learn about the top 10 common mistakes parents can make.

Taking a new baby home can be scary but you'll be better prepared after you learn about the top 10 common mistakes parents can make.

This flu season is fierce and has already claimed the lives of at least 37 children in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

This flu season is fierce and has already claimed the lives of at least 30 children in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Widespread flu activity continues across 49 states, leaves 37 children dead so far this season, and there's "likely many more weeks to come" of the flu season, CDC says.

Widespread flu activity continues across 49 states, leaves 37 children dead so far this season, and there's "likely many more weeks to come" of the flu season, CDC says.

Christa McAuliffe never got to realize her dream of teaching from space.

Christa McAuliffe never got to realize her dream of teaching from space.

Flu is hitting the country hard, especially in schools. There's no official tally, but there are reports of closures of a day or more in at least a dozen states because so many students and teachers are ill.

A five-foot wooden board remained attached to his head for roughly seven hours, his mother said.

A five-foot wooden board remained attached to his head for roughly seven hours, his mother said.

A miniature gemstone discovered in a 3,500-year-old tomb is challenging our understanding of ancient Greek art. Now, nearly three years after it was originally discovered, experts are still trying to fathom how it was crafted.

When the end draws near, Dr. Roger Kligler, a retired physician with incurable, metastatic prostate cancer, wants to use a lethal prescription to die peacefully in his sleep. As he fights for the legal right to do that, an influential doctors group in Massachusetts has agreed to stop trying to block the way.

When I first heard of "souping," it brought me back to my clinical days working in a hospital, where pureed soups and other easy to digest foods -- also known as "full liquids" -- would be prescribed for patients recovering from gastrointestinal surgery, or those who had difficulty chewing or swallowing.

Robert Leibowitz owes his life to a message on a T-shirt.

Robert Leibowitz owes his life to a message on a T-shirt.

This winter, there's a good chance you might be looking for anything and everything to rid yourself of an annoying, lingering and sometimes debilitating cold.