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Edie Simms is a 102-year-old woman with an unusual item on her to-do list. And, thanks to some officers in St. Louis, she was able to cross that off.

Each piece of a bright patchwork space suit named Courage tells a story. Most of the triangles were painted by childhood cancer patients from MD Anderson hospitals, some impossibly young, some on the edge of 17, some in isolated treatment, some in recovery.

For years, Jenn McNary felt she was fighting a losing battle.

It happens. Every once in a while, a bad day creeps up. And when you're a little guy, you just want to lie down and cry.

Flint, Michigan, is dealing with another outbreak. This time it's an infectious bacterial disease called Shigellosis, which can cause bloody diarrhea and fever and typically spreads when people don't wash their hands.

Approximately 7.7 million American adults age 18 and older have post-traumatic stress disorder, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Wondering exactly how much protein you should be consuming each day? The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA), which is the minimum amount you need to be healthy, is 0.8 grams per kilogram (0.36 grams per pound) of body weight per day -- 46 grams for an average woman. That equals as little as 10% of daily calories. If you're not super active, that's likely adequate, and you'll hit the target effortlessly if you follow a typical Western diet.

When a hurricane, snowstorm, or other major weather event is looming, you probably already know the basics: fill up your gas tank, be sure the batteries in your flashlight and portable radio are fresh, and stock up on nonperishable groceries. But which foods are best, and what supplies may you be missing? The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recommends having three days worth of water and foods like the ones that follow on hand, plus several other items that will keep you healthy and safe in an emergency.

A furry robot might be just as effective at reducing feelings of loneliness in aging adults and young children as a real pet, some experts say.

There was a certain kind of quiet hopefulness when, in late April this year, the last Ebola patient of the West African epidemic -- a two-year-old boy -- walked out of a treatment facility in Monrovia, Liberia. With the smoldering embers of the outbreak fading, there was cause for celebration. But there remains the impotent fear of the unseen: Ebola is still out there, lurking. We just don't know where it's hiding or when it will be back.

Maine's department of Marine Resources has recalled mussels and clams harvested in the state after some tested positive for a potentially deadly neurotoxin.

Rest assured, America: The billion dollars Congress just gave the fight on Zika will be well spent, even if it's not enough and much too late.

Japan's Yoshinori Ohsumi has won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy.

Right after being attacked twice by a bear, a Montana man posted photos of his injuries and shared his story of survival on Facebook.

Photographer Dianne Yudelson has lost 11 babies over 11 years. With each miscarriage, she kept mementos of the baby, including the sonogram.

A baby food is being recalled over concerns it may contain a potentially deadly bacteria and may not provide infants with adequate levels of iron.

Thailand said Friday that two babies had been born with Zika-related microcephaly -- the first time the condition has been reported in Asia.

The violence is so constant it's easy for those on the outside to become numb, accustomed to horror. But on the front lines, there before the dust even settles, the White Helmets can't help but care. And sometimes, they can't help but cry.

If you're a man who travels to an area with active Zika transmission, you should wait at least six months after exposure to have unprotected sex or try to conceive a baby, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday, even if you never had symptoms of the virus. Women should wait a full eight weeks after exposure.

A Chicago doctor's office is using the power of the founding fathers and a cultural phenomenon to encourage you to get a flu shot this year.