An Atlanta woman became the first living HIV-positive kidney donor in the world on Monday when surgeons at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore transferred her organ to a recipient who is also HIV-positive, according to a statement from the medical center. Both the donor and the recipient, who wishes to remain anonymous, are doing well.
Jo Cameron, a 71-year-old Scottish woman, has never needed to take painkillers after seeing the dentist and can eat spicy Scotch Bonnet chillies without any discomfort.
About a billion more people might be exposed to mosquito-borne diseases as temperatures continue to rise with climate change, according to a new study.
The New York attorney general's office announced a comprehensive amended lawsuit Thursday against six opioid manufacturers, one of America's richest families and four opioid distributors as the opioid abuse epidemic rages.
On your 18th birthday, immigration officials will come for you, a lawyer explained. You will be shackled, you will be placed in an orange jumpsuit, and you will be taken to jail. "But I need you to know you are not a criminal."
It's the second time in eight months that a jury said Roundup weedkiller likely contributed to cancer. But Edwin Hardeman's case is the first to be tried in federal court.
An unexpected danger of urban life: Psychotic experiences are more common among teens exposed to the highest levels of nitrogen dioxide and other forms of air pollution, according to a new study. Nitrogen oxides, including nitrogen dioxide, are tailpipe pollutants, entering the air due to burning fuel.
Unvaccinated people under age 18 are banned from public places in Rockland County, New York, as of midnight Wednesday, according to John Lyon, director of strategic communications for County Executive Ed Day.
Eggs -- are they good or bad for your health? While eggs are a major source of protein, the yolk is also a major source of cholesterol. Here's what recent research shows.
More than half of eligible American adults who are not on a cholesterol-lowering medication, or statin, say it's because their physician did not offer the option, according to new research.
Panel members in a two-day public hearing held by the US Food and Drug Administration this week agreed that efforts should be made to better inform patients about the risks and benefits of breast implants.
On Monday, the 25-year-old pop star Justin Bieber — perhaps most famous for the song "Sorry" — announced he would be taking some time away from music to focus on his mental health. In a lengthy Instagram post, Bieber told his fans, "I am now very focused on repairing some of the deep rooted issues that I have as most of us have, so that I don't fall apart, so that I can sustain my marriage and be the father I want to be. Music is very important to me but nothing comes before my family and my health."
Purdue Pharma has agreed to settle a historic lawsuit brought by the Oklahoma attorney general who accused the OxyContin maker of aggressively marketing the opioid painkiller and fueling a drug epidemic that left thousands dead in the state, a source familiar with the case tells CNN.
A baby boom is coming to the labor and delivery unit of a Maine hospital, where nine of its nurses will give birth to their babies around the same time.
After the apparent suicides of two students, Parkland is reckoning with the trauma carried by survivors and family members of last year's mass shooting.
