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The number of people infected with measles in the European region during 2018 is the highest in a decade, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

Leading e-cigarette company Juul Labs spurred a "widespread rush" of companies seeking to boost their own nicotine concentrations in order to mirror Juul's success, according to a paper published Thursday in the BMJ journal Tobacco Control.

Measles found Hasina Raharimandimby and her family. Over three heartbreaking days in late January, three of her young children died of the virus.

The Trump administration has been trumpeting a huge increase in FDA generic drug approvals the past two years, but nearly half of those aren't being sold in the United States, meaning that many patients are deriving little practical benefit from the administration's efforts.

President Donald Trump did not mention climate change or any efforts to help the environment during his State of the Union address Tuesday, but members of the US House of Representatives held two hearings Wednesday on Capitol Hill to take a closer look at the threat of climate change.

A rare and deadly cancer linked to breast implants has been diagnosed in additional women in the United States, federal health officials said.

Between the Virginia governor's support for a measure to loosen restrictions on abortions later in pregnancy, New York's new law and now President Trump's call for new legislation, the phrase "late-term abortion" keeps popping up. But what does this language mean?

A US attorney in Pennsylvania is suing a private nonprofit corporation to fight the opening of supervised opioid injection sites in Philadelphia.

The total number of global deaths from suicide increased annually from 762,000 to 817,000 between the years 1990 and 2016, a new study finds.

A high level of education does not delay the start of dementia and does not slow the speed of decline, a study published in the journal Neurology finds. It might be best to remain intellectually active throughout your years, the researcher said.

In Tuesday night's State of the Union address, President Donald Trump called for the elimination of HIV transmissions in the United States by 2030, raising hope and questions about putting an end to the epidemic.

More than a dozen students at an elementary school in Cleveland were admitted to the hospital after being exposed to gummy candy that police say contained marijuana.

The north magnetic pole has been drifting so fast that it could be a problem for smartphone maps and navigation systems.

At least 10 US states have reported cases of measles so far in 2019, including Washington, where one outbreak is to blame for 50 cases.

A Texas man died of a massive stroke after the e-cigarette he was using exploded and tore his carotid artery.

Concern over children's use of social media and its effect on their mental health has increased markedly in recent years, and now official action on the issue is also stepping up.

As flu season rages on, it might be comforting to know that what you eat can help your immune system fight off any potential coughs, sneezes and sniffles.

Valentine's Day is just around the corner, which for many means pressure to find the perfect gift.

When we adopt a pet, we learn about their normal environment, activity level and nutrition. Isn't it interesting that we do not apply that to the animal we live in? To feel normal, we should live normal, and a human's normal life is that for which she or he has evolved.