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The gene editing tool CRISPR has been used to treat a patient with an inherited form of blindness, an operation which, if successful, will open up a new frontier for treating diseases, scientists say.

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday announced that electrical shock devices used to discourage aggressive or self-harming behavior in patients with mental disabilities will be banned, following years of pressure from health experts who have called the treatment ineffective and unethical.

The death marks the 11th coronavirus-related fatality in the U.S.

The state confirmed an additional death on Wednesday, bringing the national toll to 11.

Officials said that all new cases were linked to known exposure instances.

The first case of the novel coronavirus in North Carolina has ties to a nursing home in Washington State that is currently at the center of a deadly outbreak of COVID-19 in the U.S. 

The plan was one of several reasons San Antonio declared a public health emergency, a spokeswoman said.

How much of ex-NFL player Aaron Hernandez’s troubled life stemmed as a result of the brain injury chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known simply as CTE? How much of a cause for concern is it really?

The first cases of coronavirus in Georgia are tied to a father and his 15-year-old son, according to reports. 

The man's wife, son, daughter and a neighbor who drove him to the hospital have all tested positive for COVID-19.

Hand sanitizer and face masks are flying off the shelves as fears about the coronavirus rise, but there are other ways to help calm your anxiety.

An Amazon employee in Seattle, Wash., has contracted the novel coronavirus — the first employee among its U.S. workforce to fall ill will COVID-19, the company said. 

A lawyer from Manhattan who worked roughly 240 feet from Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan remains hospitalized in critical condition from the new coronavirus.

World health officials confirmed on Tuesday the fatality rate for the new coronavirus is at 3.4 percent globally, as Japan's Olympics minister said there's a possibility the 2020 Summer Olympics could be delayed.

The Army began screening recruits Tuesday at its four basic training posts for the new coronavirus, officials said. 

The health agency will only be updating the case count on it's website once per day.

How to make your own hand sanitizer amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.

Several deaths have involved residents of a nursing home facility in King County.

Many symptoms of COVID-19 and influenza overlap, here's how to spot the differences.

A state laboratory in Arizona is now using in-house testing for the novel coronavirus in a bid to speed potential diagnoses in the state and avoid relying on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to process patient samples.