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Over 246,000 pounds of breakfast wraps recalled because they may have small rocks

17 staffers in this medical center unit are all expecting. Yes, 17!

Ebola outbreak in Congo still not a public health emergency of international concern

UK Ebola patient Pauline Cafferkey gives birth to twins

The top 10 questions about surrogacy for same-sex couples, answered

5 ways to spend Father's Day and give back at the same time

New York ends religious exemptions for vaccines amid measles outbreak

A young girl was afraid of IVs. So she invented a teddy bear to disguise them

FDA issues safety alert over fecal transplants after patient's death

Hundreds more reported ill in salmonella outbreaks tied to backyard poultry

Lawmakers urge DOJ to launch criminal investigation of generic drug makers

CDC investigates after 4 patients got sepsis from contaminated platelet transfusions

Brain disease linked to lychee toxins kills 47 children in India

300 inmates in Texas' Harris County jail are quarantined over a mumps outbreak

Uganda tightens border, bans gatherings as second Ebola death confirmed

Changing your meat-eating habits could mean a longer life, study suggests

Epilepsy drugs linked to higher risk of birth defects, study says

Nursing home abuse frequently goes unreported, government agency finds

2,500-year-old tomb offers earliest evidence of humans using cannabis to get high

Most rabies infections in the United States come from bats, CDC says

Still HIV negative but at risk of an infection? Take this pill, experts say

Ebola outbreak enters 'truly frightening phase' as it turns deadly in Uganda

Facebook debuts US blood donation tool, its latest public health move

Many breakfast cereals still contaminated by weed killer, environmental group says

You could be swallowing a credit card's weight in plastic every week

He's 10 years old and just beat cancer. Now he's police chief for the day

Ebola outbreak spreads outside Congo, WHO says

Pampers pledges to install 5,000 baby changing tables in men's restrooms across the U.S.

Expert witness: Johnson & Johnson's role in opioid crisis may be 'worse' than Purdue's

FDA gives vaping companies a clearer path for marketing their products

2 cases of tick-borne Powassan virus confirmed in northern New Jersey

A Texas mom says she was kicked out of a city pool for breastfeeding her baby

This little girl noticed that some hospitalized kids didn't have stuffed animals. So, she did something about it

High blood pressure at doctor's office may mean you're twice as likely to die of heart disease

The Gulf could see one of the largest dead zones in history this year