Despite the fact she has pinkeye, US beach volleyball Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings has consistently been dominating her opponents in London. Still, will her infection be the downfall of the team?
New findings don't prove vision-improving procedures prevent falls or breaks in elderly people. But they do suggest eyesight plays a role in those accidents and injuries, researchers said.
Like many celebrity couples caught in a nasty break up, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson have found themselves in a brutal custody battle. No, it's not over half-vampire Renesmee, but instead over their rescue dog, Bear.
Ebola remains a mysterious affliction; it has no cure, and no vaccine. It tends to flare up sporadically, but it can kill hundreds whenever it does crop up.
Authorities say a Michigan man stole drugs and contaminated needles while working at a New Hampshire medical facility, leading to a rash of hepatitis C cases in the state.
A spot on the lung is often nothing to worry about, but patients will leap morbid conclusions, according to a new study.
Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in collaboration with scientists from the Harvard School of Public Health, National Cancer Institute, Merck and the University of California have identified a drug employed in treating certain types of lymphoma that help dislodge a hidden virus in patients receiving treatment for HIV.
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U.S. health officials are urging vaccinations for an infection that sounds like something out of a Charles Dickens novel.
While there's increasing hopes for an end to the AIDS epidemic, African-American gay men are still the most disproportionately affected subsection of the population.
Silymarin, a botanical extract from milk thistle, performed no better than placebo in a trial of hepatitis C patients.
Gilead Sciences Inc's Truvada was approved for people who are not yet infected but may engage in sexual activity with HIV-infected partners, a concept known as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
A 2009 clinical trial in Thailand was the first to show it was possible to prevent HIV infection in humans. Since then, discoveries have pointed to even more powerful vaccines using HIV-fighting antibodies. Now scientists believe a licensed vaccine is within reach.
Because the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes was found in the Mexicali Cheese Corp.'s finished product, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning people to neither consume nor purchase any of the company's products.
The worst tuberculosis outbreak the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention has seen in 20 years is occurring among Jacksonville, Florida's homeless population, the Palm Beach Post reports. But state officials did little to address it.
Three people have already died following a cholera outbreak in southeastern Cuba last week, with at least 50 more people contracting the life-threatening waterborne bacterial disease and around 1,000 people showing symptoms of infection.
Cat ladies, cockroach slaves, and zombie ants: What do they have in common? They're all probably the unwitting victims of brain-hacking parasites.
By now you've probably heard about DNSChanger, a piece of malicious software that has found its way onto millions of computers worldwide. On Monday, any computer still infected with the software will be unable to connect to the internet, leaving users in the dark forever. Or at least until they have to shell out hundreds of dollars for a new computer. So what is this malicious software and how does it work? Don't worry, we've got you covered.
July 9, 2012, may be a Black Monday for Tens of Thousands of Internet surfers when the FBI disconnects domains affected by DNSChanger Malware, according to Wired.
Cat ladies have gotten a bad rap over the years for being aging spinster women who failed at acquiring human companions, so instead procured hoards of feline friends to fill their lack of human interaction. But according to a new study there's evidence that a parasite found in cat feces increases the chances for women who own cats to kill themselves, resulting in cat lady suicide.
The body of Yasser Arafat will be exhumed from its West Bank mausoleum to test for polonium poisoning, a move that could spark new tension between Palestine and Israel.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved its first over-the-counter HIV test -- known as OraQuick -- which produces results in about 20 minutes.
