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To a fortunate many, war is an abstraction and the suffering it brings, though easy to understand, is hard to truly imagine. It's one of the reasons war photography and images of conflict are so essential. They bring these concepts into blinding focus and deny us the luxury of looking away.

In a major shift, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has indicated the United Nations is preparing to compensate for the cholera outbreak in Haiti that killed at least 10,000 people.

There have been five locally transmitted cases of the Zika virus confirmed in an area of Miami Beach, Florida Governor Rick Scott said Friday. Three of those individuals were visitors to the area when they contracted the virus.

In my house, we called it going boneless. That's when my girls, as toddlers, would arch their backs, screaming uncontrollably, usually in a public place (of course!) and there was nothing my husband or I could do to satisfy them.

More than 10 years ago, as I headed to one of my final OB/GYN appointments before my first daughter was born, I had a moment.

After the Olympic flame goes out, what happens to the athletes we've come to know and love over the last two weeks?

McDonald's is removing Step-It activity trackers from Happy Meals due to concerns over skin irritations, according to a statement sent to CNN on Wednesday.

Everybody knows that a high-fat, high-sugar diet is not a good idea. It can have a wave of negative consequences on your health, including greater risks of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

If you are throwing a party at your house, the last thing you want to see are police knocking at your door.

If you're wondering why your social media timeline looks like a Crossfit box, you can thank the newest online activism trend: The #22PushUpChallenge. Let's discuss that number.

Florida Department of Health Investigators said Wednesday that there are three new non-travel-related cases of the Zika virus in their state, bringing the total number of non-travel-related cases to 33.

Police say she was called an "idiot" so often and for so long that it was the word that sprung to her young mind when a social worker asked her name.

With goat-leather leggings and a brown bear fur hat, the 5,300-year-old mummy must have strutted the Alps with an eclectic style.

For the first time, the United Nations has acknowledged its own involvement in a devastating cholera outbreak in Haiti in 2010 that killed at least 10,000 people.

Bronze medalists tend to feel happier than silver medalists and it all comes down to "counterfactual thinking," experts say.

The word "relatable" isn't often used to describe supermodels -- unless we're talking about Chrissy Teigen.

A cat named Baby took on seven pit bulls, sending one dog and its owner to the doctor.

An unidentified patient in Florida is being treated after being infected with a brain-eating amoeba last week, according to the Florida Department of Health. It is the fourth known case this year of infection by the parasite Naegleria fowleri.