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Jörg and Rolf, deaf-blind twins in Germany, share an "almost symbiotic relationship," photographer Marlena Waldthausen said. She spent a few months with the twins and learned the tactile sign language they use to communicate.

Leprosy was thought to have been eradicated from the UK for centuries -- until now. It turns out the disease has been harbored, perhaps since the Middle Ages, in red squirrels in the British Isles. And research indicates that these squirrels could transmit the disease to humans, though the chances are low.

It's an almost unimaginable scenario: a victim of rape being forced to face her attacker over custody rights for a child conceived during an assault.

Just in time for your holiday shopping, a new toxic chemical report card rates top retailers like Amazon, Target, Walmart, Best Buy and Costco on their efforts to reduce unsafe chemicals in the products you buy.

Hand, foot and mouth disease is an illness commonly seen in children. Along with painful mouth sores, hand, foot and mouth disease causes fever and a skin rash on both the hands and the feet.

Eric Witherspoon is superintendent of Evanston Township High School outside Chicago and when he arrived on campus the morning after the election, he knew he needed to do something.

The first thing you need to know is that I love my child with all my heart.

Fears over possible Salmonella contamination have prompted 4C Foods Corporation to issue a nationwide recall for some of its grated Parmesan, Romano and Imported Italian Pecorino Romano cheeses.

Massachusetts is the latest state to vote on a ballot initiative to increase the amount of space that animals are allowed in industrial food production systems.

Getting high in Denver is about to get more social.

For more than 50 years we've known that smoking can kill you.

On any given morning, as the sun peeks over the horizon, Danielle Johnson can be found crawling down the hallways of her Rochester, Minnesota, home.

In 2015, there were 1.13 billion people living with high blood pressure worldwide, with the majority of them in low and middle-income countries.

Every basketball or softball player expects some scrapes and sprains, but those sports are also among the leading causes of sport-related eye injuries, according to a new study.

You can't go too far these days without running into a Starbucks. The chain is so ubiquitous, it's almost like having an outsourced pantry staple available within a 5-mile radius (or a few city blocks) all day.

Sometimes, solving one problem only creates another.

A rape victim's family is heartbroken after the attacker receives visitation rights with the child conceived by the assault. "This is Life with Lisa Ling" airs on Sundays at 10 p.m. ET on CNN.

Lisa Ling speaks with a rape victim who struggles to understand how her rapist received legal rights to visit her daughter, who was conceived during the assault. "This is Life" airs Sundays at 10 p.m. ET on CNN.