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A second South Dakota resident has died of causes related to the West Nile virus this season.

Italy's efforts to combat infertility and reverse one of Europe's lowest birthrates stumbled badly Thursday following an ad campaign denounced as sexist, racist and ignorant of the economic reasons why Italians aren't having babies.

Wang Sanjin was born with his hands and legs reversed at their elbow and knee joints.

A North Texas woman says she has conceived her third set of twins naturally, rounding out her family of 10.

Lyric Knighten, 4, was just trying to play with his grandpa when he jumped on the sleeping man’s stomach and said, “Wake up! Wake up!” Luckily, the older man did— and took himself to the ER with chest pains due to a massive heart attack.

More frequent testing for nickel allergies in children might help keep the allergies from developing, according to a report in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

Burning Question: Why are our ears shaped the way they are?

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a goal that's even more ambitious than connecting the entire world to the internet: He and his wife want to help eradicate all disease by the end of this century.

A Dora the Explorer-themed banner, paper plates full of fruit and a bevy of troll dolls make up the decorations at a special birthday party in Washington state.

The only clinic in one of the nation's busiest commercial fishing ports is so remote that even conventional telemedicine for emergencies has been impossible for its limited staff - until this week.

A new study has confirmed what your waistband has told you all along: You gain weight during the holidays.

The United States performs poorly in U.N. rankings on progress towards global health goals due to its high levels of violence, alcohol abuse and childhood obesity, a study has found.

Dealing with a breast cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming.

Fast food deserves its share of criticism.

If you’ve ever taken off your fitness tracker “for just a few hours” and found it months later in the back of a drawer, you can surely relate to this: Researchers are studying why people stop using Fitbits, and the emotions they experience—from guilt to freedom—when they give them up.

Blue Bell Creameries recalled select flavors of ice cream distributed across the South after finding chocolate chip cookie dough from a third-party supplier for use as an ingredient was potentially contaminated with listeria, the Brenham, Texas-based company announced Wednesday.

The United States could save at least $15.5 billion in annual health care spending if malnutrition caused by chronic diseases is better addressed, according to a study.

Although removal of wisdom teeth is very common, there are no studies that show a benefit to taking them out when they are not causing pain or other problems, according to a new review of existing research.

You can have a six-pack sculpted, dimples created, a designer vagina and almost any part of your face tweaked, lifted and tightened.

Health workers in western Niger are racing to contain an outbreak of Rift Valley fever that has killed at least 21 people over the past month, an aid agency said on Wednesday.