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Even though window coverings have been recognized for decades as a safety hazard to children, injuries from blinds and shades still send many kids to the emergency room each year, a U.S. study suggests.

The number of salmonella food poisoning cases in the European Union has risen by 3 percent since 2014 in a "worrying" reversal of a decade-long declining trend, EU health and food safety officials said on Tuesday.

Whether you have a fitness enthusiast, a nutritionist wannabe or a yoga guru on your shopping list, everyone can use the gift of good health. Here are 5 health-inspired gifts ideas:

When one person in a household gets prescribed opioids, the other people who live with them are more likely to get their own prescriptions for these narcotic painkillers, a U.S. study suggests.

A 10-year-old boy is hoping to be home in time to celebrate Christmas with his new family after undergoing a multi-organ transplant that was eight years in the making.

An 11-year-old boy with an inoperable brain tumor was able to take a break from the hospital last week to spend time at the John Deere Harvester Works factory in Illinois.

A Florida family’s beloved “Elf on a Shelf” is back to his mischievous ways thanks to the work of surgeons at Orlando Health.

Like a lot of other good things in life, wound-healing is a process.

Baby milk maker Lactalis and French authorities have ordered a global recall of millions of products over fears of salmonella bacteria contamination.

Holidays are filled with shopping, festive gatherings, and an unhealthy amount of stress. But there are ways to get around all that extra stress. Fox News’ Dr. Manny Alvarez sits down with two health experts to discuss how you cut back on holiday stressors and take a "less is more" approach.

A volunteer firefighter in New York for more than 40 years battling Stage 4 brain cancer got a shot at his bucket list Sunday.

A New York woman joined millions of people across the nation to watch this summer’s total eclipse — but the most-talked about spectacle has now left her with a crescent-shaped burn in her eye.

Officials in North Carolina confirmed an outbreak of the norovirus on Thursday after about 60 college students reported related symptoms.

A new study links the Pill and hormonal IUDs to cancer. A doc weighs in on the findings.

There are multiple breast cancer symptoms that women can look out for -- and speak to their doctors about if they’re spotted.

Modern birth control pills that are lower in estrogen have fewer side effects than past oral contraceptives. But a large Danish study suggests that, like older pills, they still modestly raise the risk of breast cancer, especially with long-term use.

A better mammogram?

Not all health news is easy to report, especially when it comes to freak accidents and rare diseases.

More than 7,000 cases of influenza have been confirmed in the U.S. so far this flu season -- more than double the number this time last year, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Kroger recalled gallons of its purified water for babies after it received several complaints of mold in the containers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday.