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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday called the year-old outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo a global health emergency.

Researchers analyzed online news between 2003 and 2018 and found 40 articles about U.S. consumers discovering live, dead or severed parts of animals in their produce.

Taking action before the storm may help lessen problems during and after the storm.

The 60-day warning was issued by the Florida Department of Health in Orange County for a two-mile radius of the intersection of Interstate 4 and Epcot Center Drive, which includes Disney's Epcot Center theme park, USA Today reported.

They analyzed nearly 486,000 hospitalizations of Medicare patients before and after the training hours cap was implemented and found no evidence that it had any impact on the quality of care delivered by new physicians.

Between 2007 and 2017, rat lungworm disease (clinically termed angiostrongyliasis) is the likely cause of a battery of serious neurological problems that afflicted 82 men and women, two of whom eventually died from their illness.

He made the announcement Saturday at a concert in London, England, and said he did so to quell rumors, the Associated Press reported.

A new category for over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids is coming to help ease the costs and hurdles that go with buying the devices. But until that happens, and perhaps after, the world of hearing devices might be hard to navigate.

Understanding the risks, symptoms and treatment for disease bacteria found in saltwater and raw fish can cause.

Some families decide to fund treatment research and development themselves as they race against time to find a cure for diseases that are too rare to be notice by big drug companies.

Hospital employees honor a late co-worker -- a nurse who'd worked in health care for 39 years -- who donated her organs.

About half the companies studied offer unproven stem cell treatments for conditions where they do not have a physician with the needed training to treat those conditions, the lead researcher said.

The researchers tested the CBD against some strains of staphylococcus, which cause skin infections, and streptococcus, which cause strep throat.

People can miss screening tests they need as they get older. Talk to your doctor about these four tests to help lessen your risk of certain health conditions.

“Thor” star Chris Hemsworth talks about fitness, family, anxiety, and why every child deserves the type of support, care, and love that he got from his parents.

Award-winning actor and musician Common answers questions about love, family, health, and what he likes most about acting.

Patients whose surgeons had been reported for unprofessional behavior were at increased risk for complications such as wound infections, pneumonia, blood clots, kidney failure, stroke and heart attack.

The sportswear brand Nike has introduced new, inclusive mannequins to their Niketown stores in London that include representations of physically disabled and plus-sized athletes.

Her son, CNN's Anderson Cooper, confirmed Vanderbilt's death in an on-air obituary Monday, USA Today reported.

Under the law, doctors can prescribe a lethal dose of a drug to terminally ill patients and it will not be legally a suicide.

A scratch or bite from a bat can be smaller than the top of a pencil eraser, but that's enough to give a person rabies, the CDC said.

Frieden plea avoided up to a year in jail for misdemeanor forcible touching, third-degree sexual abuse and second-degree harassment.

LabCorp is sending 200,000 notices to customers whose credit card and bank account information might have been hacked.

The breached data may include Social Security numbers and medical information, but not test results, the company said.

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