The family of 71-year-old Elin Etienne believes it was his body found in a closet at the North Dade Nursing & Rehabilitation ...

Neighbors told Preeti Pal's parents she'd never marry because she was born with cerebral palsy. She just won two bronzes and ...

While its bite isn't as dangerous as blacklegged tick, which spreads Lyme disease, lone star ticks do cause plenty of health ...

The Peters’s rock agama is reducing the density of Florida’s brown anole lizard population. Mosquitoes love to bite the ...

The school district is self-insured, meaning it foots the bill for the health care costs of employees. As many as 3,500 ...

Corn dogs, deep-fried Twinkies, butter sculptures and influenza virus? Here’s why state fairs could be potential breeding ...

Health care options for older adults in small rural towns can be lacking. In Glen Ullin, N.D., some community members are ...

Drug manufacturers have declared obesity drugs to be "available,” but patients are still struggling to fill prescriptions.

Six years after the fall of Theranos, companies are again exploring innovation in blood testing. The medical community is reacting with cautious optimism.

Not motivated to get to the gym? NPR’s Michaeleen Doucleff explores how functional exercise, such as gardening or taking care of chickens, racks up steps and squats.

High tide floods – when water collects in streets or even seeps into buildings on days without rain – are increasingly common in coastal areas as sea levels rise, a new report warns.

In March, Haiti began convulsing with violence stemming from heavily armed street gangs that took control of the country. The groups closed the airport, freed several thousand prisoners and demanded ...