iStock/Thinkstock(ATLANTA) — As the weather warms and Memorial Day looms, children and adults alike will soon be flocking to swimming pools. But just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A 3-year-old boy from Hawaii is to be honored by the Fire Department City of New York at the end of this month — being sworn in as a junior firefighter. Trucker Dukes was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma at a year old, mom Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) emergency committee convened Thursday to discuss the growing yellow fever outbreak and determine whether to designate it a global health concern. Though it labeled the outbreak a Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(SAN FRANCISCO) — San Francisco residents may see warning signs on certain soda advertisements about the beverage’s possible health hazards starting this summer. But the battle over the warnings will continue even though a federal court denied Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Adopting a healthy lifestyle could prevent a huge number of cancer cases and possibly save tens of thousands of lives in the U.S, according to a study published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers Read More
Discovery Communications, Inc.(NEW YORK) — Oprah Winfrey has always been honest about her struggles with weight. The media mogul, speaking to reporters Wednesday night in a phone call promoting Weight Watchers, candidly said, “I feel like I’ll be Read More
Tena GreenFORT COLLINS, Colo.) — When an 11-year-old boy with Down syndrome was told he would not be able to attend middle school with his friends in the fall, they went to bat for him. Brady Green’s classmates went to a school board meeting to speak about why Read More
Driscoll Children’s Hospital(NEW YORK) — A pair of formerly conjoined sisters celebrated their first birthday this week before finally getting to leave the hospital for the first time. Scarlett and Ximena Hernandez-Torres were born connected at the waist, Read More
iStock/ThinkstockBy DR. JENNIFER ASHTON, ABC News Senior Medical Contributor We know statins are helpful for those who have heart disease. But could they help prevent heart attacks and strokes for people without high cholesterol? Researchers suggest that even those with a Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — Calling the situation a “ticking time bomb,” the British government’s chief medical officer is warning the world is at a tipping point when it comes to the spread of antibiotic-resistant so-called Read More
