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Firefighters in Scottsdale, Arizona, are fairly used to getting snake removal calls. This is rattlesnake country, after all.

A Florida hospital is evacuating 209 patients overnight after an electrical fire erupted in the generator room of the facility.

Dog brains separate what we say from how we say it, a new MRI study suggests.

What are the magic words to use when a loved one's weight is rising dangerously high? Unfortunately, there are none.

If you weren't a personal friend of either Clark Kent or Superman, you could be tricked by his glasses like everyone else in Metropolis.

The World Health Organization said Wednesday that the ongoing yellow fever outbreak in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo still does not constitute a public health emergency at this time, but caution is still necessary.

In the Food and Drug Administration's latest move to help stem the tide of drug overdoses, it is now requiring "black-box warnings" on nearly 400 products to warn about the dangers of using opioid painkillers in combination with benzodiazepines, drugs commonly used to treat neurological and psychological conditions including seizure, anxiety and insomnia.

An outbreak of hepatitis A caused by imported frozen strawberries from Egypt has sickened 55 people in six states, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. Health authorities confirmed 44 total infections in Virginia, where the outbreak first appeared, and additional infections in Maryland (4), West Virginia (4), North Carolina (1), Oregon (1) and Wisconsin (1).

Lupus is a chronic illness with symptoms that can come and go, and flare ups that can be painful and prolonged. Just this week, pop star Selena Gomez announced she's taking time off to deal with issues stemming from her lupus. The 24-year-old singer also canceled tour dates in 2013 to deal with her disease.

Theranos decided to voluntarily withdraw its Zika-virus blood test that it had submitted for Food and Drug Administration approval, the company said on Wednesday.

Police are taking reports of clowns trying to lure children in a South Carolina town seriously.

Beginning September 30, kratom will be considered a Schedule I drug, a substance that has "no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse," the Drug Enforcement Administration announced today.

An Oregon teen thought the picturesque Willamette River would be the perfect backdrop for her senior photos. What the soon-to-be South Eugene High School senior didn't count on? A naked photo bomber.

Some mega-adorable pictures of a set of grandparents wearing matching outfits were posted to Twitter last night, and we honestly can't get enough.

What would you do to avoid paying more taxes? Legally, that is.

Hundreds of people were advised to relocate because of the elevated levels of lead in the soil in East Chicago, Indiana. The EPA has only recently released test results that were obtained in December 2014. CNN's Rosa Flores has the details.

George Washington University has hired a former Islamic extremist to work at its center on homeland security -- a man who once denounced the United States and made threats against the creators of the TV series "South Park" for depicting the Prophet Muhammad in a bear suit.

Some doctors may be milking their better-insured patients. When looking at 2013 insurance claims from nearly 1.5 million adults with commercial insurance, researchers found that just under 8% of people had received "low-value services," with the research defined as providing little value to patients, given all the costs and alternatives.

Scientists have just reconstructed the genome of an ancient plague, which may shed new light on how certain diseases can either mysteriously disappear or continue to evolve and spread.

NASA technology is behind space blankets used to protect marathon runners, earthquake victims and now, the migrants and refugees heading to Europe.