MEDICINE

El Niño is expected to grow even stronger in 2016.

Nigeria was declared free of an Ebola outbreak in October 2014. But following a death in a southeastern city, there are fears the disease has returned.

In a new interview, singer Selena Gomez spoke openly about her battle with the autoimmune disease.

Scientists said hepegivirus-1 showed similar features to both hepatitis C, which can lead to liver cancer and cirrhosis, and human pegivirus, which appears to be harmless.

Collins suffered from breast cancer.

The virus is fatal in more than a quarter of cases. Japanese officials have reported a rise in the number of infections but are not sure how to combat it.

The announcement of an Ebola-free Liberia came 42 days after the last confirmed case in the country tested negative in June.

News comes less than a week after the last Ebola patient in the country was discharged from hospital.

Research indicates weather and air pollution are linked to heart attack survival rates.

Researchers said that the new method could be used to avoid the trial-and-error system by which medications are prescribed now.

The report said that three out of the 11 cases of human plague reported since early April have been fatal.

People under age 19 account for about 236,000 cosmetic procedures in the United States each year.

The finding is from a study that tested 700 marijuana users from the Arctic region between the ages of 18 and 74.

The MERS virus has caused almost 400 deaths across the Middle East, Asia and Europe since 2012.

Ten new cases were reported late Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, making it the kingdom's biggest daily jump in confirmed new infections of the disease.

In a journal, a medical student recounts an obstetrician verging on sexually assaulting an unconscious, bleeding new mother.

A new study adds to a growing body of evidence that points toward the healing powers of music.

A new study shows the brains of people with epilepsy react uniquely when exposed to music.

Many survivors of the Ebola virus have been left with chronic health conditions, despite recovering from the disease, according to the World Health Organization.

Between 8,000 to 18,000 people are reportedly infected with Legionnaires' disease annually in the United States.

The airborne disease has been contracted by at least 81 people and killed three in the largest outbreak in New York City in at least three years.