SCIENCE

Scientists long thought that the tendency of the virus to lay dormant for a decade or longer was merely an error.

The patient has not been diagnosed with Ebola but was put into isolation at Virginia Hospital Center near Washington.

The average amount of sugar in a 500 milliliter can is 78 grams -- more than double the maximum intake for teenagers.

Researchers estimate about two-thirds of C. difficile infections were picked up by patients during hospital stays.

The black hole, which is 12 billion times the mass of the Sun, was formed less than 900 million years after the Big Bang.

Deep Q-Network is the first computer program capable of teaching itself to succeed at a wide variety of tasks through trial and error.

Statistics show C. Difficile, which causes severe colon inflammation and diarrhea, infects half a million Americans every year.

The agency is stepping up efforts to protect D.C. airspace following the crash-landing of a drone on the White House lawn.

An Italian scientist says that he has volunteers ready to get a new body if the procedure is perfected.

A dramatic rise in animals used for experiments comes despite a push by American consumers for cruelty-free products.

Recent findings say ‘long sleepers’ are at greater risk of stroke, prompting doctors to inquire about the sleeping habits of older adults.

Crispr, a tool for splicing genomes for research, is gaining popularity. But novel therapies could be years away.

Advocates for the technology trumpet its potential to save lives and prevent some genetically inherited conditions such as heart disease.

Reported in early February, the Anthem hack was the largest yet to hit an American health insurance company.

Using data gathered by NASA’s CALIPSO satellite, scientists found that every year, 27 million tons of Saharan dust reaches the Amazon.

The satellite images exposed the sites of several larger, previously known craters but also revealed many so-called baby craters.

Researchers discovered the two-year spike by analyzing tide gauge records going back to the early 1900s.

A recent study found that climate conditions weren't right for black rats to have spread the outbreak.

In the capital Freetown, health workers saw a previously empty Ebola treatment center suddenly full again this week.

The company also aims to develop a vaccine for Alzheimer’s and detect diseases long before symptoms occur.

Cities began reducing their rape kit backlogs in the 1990s after New York City started clearing its cache of more than 17,000 rape kits.

Superbug outbreaks have become increasingly common in hospitals across the U.S. in recent years.

A recent study found kids living in families that washed their dishes by hand were roughly 40 percent less likely to develop allergies.

Playing in the dirt isn't the only natural way children's immune systems are strengthened.

Carolinas HealthCareSystem-Lincoln says it would bolster its decontamination procedures and protocols to fight CRE.

At least 20 people already have died because of the brutally cold storms this winter.

A new study claims more than one-half of India's 1.2 billion people have their lives cut short because of "dangerously high" levels of air pollution.

Amateur astronomers can also spot Jupiter and Saturn in the sky this weekend.

The overuse of antibiotics has diminished their effect, which has made the fight against the new strains of superbugs all the more difficult.