The Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 5,000 cases as responders warn it is spreading at an unprecedented speed outpacing efforts to slow it in one...

   Eleven-year-old Isaac Batisa searches for gold at a mining site in eastern Congo to help feed his family

   A former senior adviser to infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has pleaded guilty to plotting to conceal federal records related to research...

   Land mines and unexploded bombs from conflicts of the last century still plague parts of Southeast Asia, claiming lives and limbs each year

   Bedbugs are on the rise and they tend to be at their worst at this time of year

   As traumatic injuries and deaths continue to surge among the youngest e-bike riders, officials across the country are taking different paths to...

   A surrogate who gave birth in Texas to a California couple’s child is embroiled in a legal battle

   A federal investigation accuses California’s prison system of failing to protect incarcerated women from sexual abuse by guards

   The Associated Press has found that the decision by the United States to slash its foreign aid funding last year has increased pregnancy...

   A surrogate who went to Texas after a dispute with a California couple over treating a severe birth defect has given birth a day after a judge in...

   The World Health Organization warns that the Ebola outbreak in Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest one in history

   Congo’s Ebola outbreak has claimed at least 2,000 lives, making it the fastest-growing on record

   Congo says 2,000 people have died in its Ebola outbreak, the fastest on record

   A former leader of a Northern Arizona University fraternity has pleaded guilty to hazing a pledge who died

   U.S. health officials want food manufacturers to provide more information about new additives and ingredients

   Health officials in Louisiana are urging beachgoers to take precautions during a summertime surge in infections from a flesh-eating bacteria

   All passengers on a quarantined river boat near Kinshasa have tested negative for Ebola, authorities say

   Senior Health and Human Services adviser Mark Cruz will now lead the U.S. agency that provides healthcare to some 2.8 million Native Americans

   A 2-year-old girl whose parents sued a Texas hospital to prevent it from testing if she was brain-dead after she drowned in a hotel pool on Memorial...

   Wiza Bondele works at an Ebola treatment hospital in eastern Congo, risking his life without pay since the outbreak began in May

   Italy has placed all major cities under the highest heat alert as Europe faces a severe heat wave

   Military officials say the majority of American troops wounded in the Iran war have suffered traumatic brain injuries

   Health workers at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak are protesting over unpaid wages

   The federal government is taking steps to shut down a Kentucky organ donation group accused of continuing plans for organ retrieval from some...

   Parasitic illness cases in 15 states have been linked to iceberg lettuce