So while it is a scary condition, it is also extremely rare and affects less than one in every million people in the United States - even with the spike in cases. There is no evidence to support a "...

The patient was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob, which is a degenerative disease of the brain, which triggers the destruction of cells. Only a few hundred cases of vCJD have ever been reported , a...

Todd Ellerin, director of infectious diseases at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, told ABC News in an interview. "As a parent myself, I understand what it's like to be scared for your child", she sai...

Possible causes being considered include viruses that affect the digestive system called enteroviruses , and possibly strains of rhinoviruses, which cause the common cold, she said. She said it was i...

However, since the most positive outcomes come from catching the cancer early, all women above age 40 are encouraged to have an annual mammogram. She also hopes it will create real change. It is gen...

The cases involve infants and children under the age of six who all reportedly had symptoms of a respiratory illness in the week prior to developing symptoms of AFM. Centers for Disease Control and ...

As of Sunday, 77 percent of Democrats say they are "very motivated" to vote this fall, while 68 percent of Republicans said the same, the Politico/Morning Consult poll showed. At the beginning of th...

In other boardroom news Monday, drugs behemoth Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) saw its shares lose 0.18% to stand at $43.99 before the NY bell. GE said that during Culp's 14-year tenure, Danaher's sales inc...

Now, I know some of you are going to say, 'I did look it up, and that's not true.' That's 'cause you looked it up in a book. The bureau expects to wrap up its investigation by Friday. "And a man's lif...

The van was traveling on an area near Little Pee Dee River, when waters surged and pushed the van off the road. The Lumber River overflowed its banks following the record rains dumped by Hurricane ...

Sunday. In New Bern, about 90 miles northeast of Wilmington at the confluence of two rivers, Florence overwhelmed the town of 30,000 and left the downtown area under water. People clapped and shoute...

Back in 2013, a major Oxford University study found that for every 1,000 people with a moderate risk of heart disease taking 150mg a day for a year, about three would experience an avoidable hear...

This week a legions of friends, family and political leaders will say their final goodbyes at Sen. The president should know a withdrawal from the nearly 17-year-old war would "blow up" in his face,...

Had Trump issued a statement honoring McCain, "the media would criticize it and say it is not consistent with the other things he said in the past and become a story about the president", former Whit...

McCain's wife, Cindy , thanked everyone saying , that their entire family "is overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and support from around the world". The world will miss John McCain . He became ...

Withers is now working with colleagues at the Centre for Blood Research at UBC to test the enzymes on a larger scale, with the aim of then moving into clinical testing. Using this approach, Withers ...

So far, no human cases of West Nile Virus have been reported by health officials in Lanark County. The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit is urging residents to be vigilant re...

Among other things, she told her audience that "coconut oil is pure poison , ' and 'it is one of the worst foods you can eat ", according to a translation by Business Insider . Past year the AHA re...

Google Fit, while functional hasn't been quite on par with competitors since its launch. There's a daily goal for you to reach as well. Speaking of those goals - there's a visible component to meetin...

Smoke from Canadian wildfires are drifting towards the Inland Northwest. "If we were near fires, the surface winds and the lower level winds would mean a lot more to us, but right now we are just look...

Measles is common in Europe, Asia, the Pacific and Africa, officials say, and travelers with measles can spread the disease to people in the US who have not been vaccinated. In all, 527 people at CRMC...

Officials said most of the overdoses happened on the New Haven Green throughout the day on Wednesday. But some overdosed again, including one person who was treated for three separate overdoses. A "...

Some of the early symptoms include can include a fever, weak muscles, aches and pains, confusion and even sensitivity to light or tremors. While WNV can infect people of all ages, people over the age ...

Peter Haywood, Program Director with Southwestern Public Health, says this isn't too much of a shock. "Typically we see our increases just historically in kind of early to mid-August, so we'll just ...

The new policy only applies to all lit tobacco products and does not include e-cigarettes. Rhonda White, vice president of the Van Dyke Resident Association, speaking in a promotional video , said 25...