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South Korea's agriculture ministry raised the country's bird flu alert status to the highest level for the first time on Thursday as the disease has spread quickly nationwide.

Q&A with Dr. Manny: I've been thinking of getting a vasectomy, but a friend of mine told me it could increase my risk for prostate cancer. Is this true?

Health experts often assume that blood pressure measured in a medical office or hospital may be higher than usual, thanks to the anxiety brought on from being in a doctor's office (a phenomenon known as white-coat hypertension).

As if we needed an excuse.

Voluntary food recalls are a shockingly common occurrence within the American food system.

Roughly six percent of women in the United States who were infected with the Zika virus during pregnancy had fetuses or babies with birth defects, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.

In 2011, a Hong Kong man lost the use of his lower body in a serious car crash.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it had approved Pfizer Inc's Eucrisa ointment to treat mild-to-moderate eczema, or atopic dermatitis, in patients two years and older.

U.S. health officials have rejected an attempt by a Swedish company to remove several health warnings from its smokeless tobacco pouches, though regulators left open the possibility for other labeling changes it seeks.

There is plenty of speculation about what kind of legacy President-elect Donald Trump will leave, but judging by what I have seen from him already in his nominees for Cabinet positions, I feel confident in predicting that he will bolster health care for Medicaid patients around the country.

More than two dozen people were treated by paramedics after showing symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning at the River Ridge Tap House restaurant in Clemmons.

Tired of Thanksgiving weight gain?

Public health officials say the number of people who became ill after eating a Thanksgiving meal at a suburban Rochester restaurant has more than quadrupled.

A 14-year-old cancer survivor was cast in her dream role this holiday season only a year after the disease had dashed her hopes to perform as Clara in the Christmas classic The Nutcracker.

Two Wisconsin boys’ good deed for a disabled neighbor is going viral after their father shared a photo of them on Facebook.

Brand Castle LLC has voluntarily recalled some packages of its In The Mix® Monkey Bread Mix because the product’s buttermilk powder ingredient may be contaminated with salmonella, the Bedford Heights, Ohio, company announced this week.

A man who set out to eat nothing but potatoes for an entire year has said that in addition to shaving off more than 100 pounds, he’s come off antidepressants and his cholesterol levels have lowered.

Cheyann Shaw spent years perfecting her body for bikini competitions, but she’s now in the difficult position of watching the muscles she worked so hard to build waste away as she undergoes treatment for stage 4 ovarian cancer.

Fracking can affect drinking water supplies in certain circumstances, the Obama administration said in a long-awaited report issued Tuesday, leaving open the possibility of more widespread impacts that it says can’t be determined with current data.

E-cigarette use among teens dropped in 2016, reversing an upward trend that had prompted the U.S. Surgeon General to recommend increased regulation and taxation.