Nearly everyone carries one version or another of the herpes virus. A recent study suggests that the new gene-editing technology known as CRISPR/Cas9 may be able to eliminate this ever-present virus -- or at least suppress it.
After spending a week in intensive care at a Los Angeles hospital for a severe throat infection, comedian Sarah Silverman says she's "insanely lucky to be alive."
Historians have long been fascinated with the behavior of Mary Todd Lincoln. Was this polarizing first lady mentally ill, or as a new study argues, did she instead suffer from a much more common ailment that will be familiar to fans of "Downton Abbey"?
NASA says it has received a signal from 540 million miles across the solar system, confirming its Juno spacecraft has successfully started orbiting Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system.
No one wants to serve spoiled food to their families. Conversely, consumers don't want to throw food away unnecessarily -- but we certainly do. The United States Department of Agriculture estimates Americans toss out the equivalent of US$162 billion in food (PDF) every year, at the retail and consumer levels. Plenty of that food is discarded while still safe to eat.
7-year-old Katie Eddington loves swimming, running, basketball and soccer. Her favorite animal is a horse. Her favorite flavor of ice cream is chocolate.
Researchers are studying sets of twins in Brazil to see why one has microcephaly and the other does not. The answer may lie in the babies' respective genes.
Health care providers can now treat more patients with buprenorphine for addiction use disorder. Obama administration says funding to fight opioid epidemic is crucial.
Luis Cobelo photographed a beauty pageant in Paraguay called Miss Gordita ("Miss Chubby" in English). The young women are taught better eating habits and how to be more comfortable in their skin.
One month before Rio de Janeiro hosts the 2016 Olympic Games, Brazilian scientists have detected Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), a group of drug-resistant bacteria, at some of the city's beaches.
