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A new study adds to evidence that laundry detergent pods are dangerous for little kids.

Ziopharm Oncology Inc said a brain cancer patient died of cranial bleeding about two weeks after starting treatment with the gene therapy developer's lead experimental drug, sending its stock down as much as 16 percent on Friday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is collecting semen samples from men who have been infected with Zika to learn more about the virus’ transmission patterns.

New York City's health department on Friday reported the first female-to-male transmission of the Zika virus, which is most typically spread by the bite of an infected mosquito.

A 14-year-old girl is living out her summer dreams after choosing hospice over surgery and telling her mother she is ready to die.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- In all of last year, there were only 22 days when someone wasn't shot in Philadelphia.

Lozenges containing zinc acetate in sufficient quantity work to shorten the common cold from the usual seven days to about four, according to a new analysis of clinical trial results.

Gonorrhea cases are on the rise, but new data suggest the sexually transmitted disease is becoming resistant to one of two drugs in the dual therapy used to treat it.

Autopsy results released Thursday revealed that a 14-month-old Texas girl’s death in March after a routine dental procedure was due to complications during anesthesia.

A Michigan man suffering from a relatively unknown disease will participate in a walk Sunday in an effort to raise awareness of the crippling neurological disorder that affects his every movement.

If you want to click with a client, connect on a first date or close a big sale, it isn’t a bad idea to break bread with someone.

Indonesia on Friday ordered an immediate overhaul of the food and drug monitoring agency, a month after police uncovered a syndicate selling fake imported child vaccines to hospitals, pharmacies and clinics over the past decade.

Although only about 8 percent of pregnant women in a new U.S. study reported smoking cigarettes, twice as many tested positive for high levels of a chemical that indicates nicotine exposure.

The rate of new HIV infections among gay and bisexual men could drop by up to a third over the next decade if enough eligible men take a drug that protects against the virus, researchers estimate.

With the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil less than a month away, concerns are mounting that the international event may spread the Zika virus to more countries around the world

U.S. yogurt maker Dannon, a unit of France's Danone , is looking at ways to make its products less sweet, in the latest industry response to rising concerns about excessive sugar consumption.

Jessie Levine smiles and shakes her head when she hears the outgoing voicemail message on her iPhone.

Officials responding to a recent spike in opiate overdoses around the northeast Ohio city of Akron suspect some users are trying to increase the potency of heroin and other drugs by mixing in a powerful anesthetic that's used to sedate elephants and other large animals.

E-cigarettes could lead to a 21 percent drop in deaths from smoking-related diseases in those born after 1997, according to a study published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research.

A former Oklahoma dentist was sentenced on Thursday to six months' home confinement for a federal money-laundering charge stemming from complaints his unsanitary practice exposed at least one of his patients to hepatitis and could have exposed thousands to HIV.