diseases and conditions

WASHINGTON (AP) — When a 2-year-old returned sick from a visit to India, U.S. doctors suspected tuberculosis even though standard tests said no. It wo...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Many cancer treatments have a dark side — they can damage the heart. New research suggests this risk might be lowered in women wi...

SEATTLE (AP) — Chipotle said Tuesday that it is reopening the 43 Pacific Northwest restaurants it closed amid an E. coli outbreak after tests at the M...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Cheers erupted and people danced in the streets Saturday as Sierra Leone marked the end of the Ebola outbreak within its...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The execution of a Missouri man was in limbo Wednesday following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to halt the lethal injection short...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The crime was stunningly gruesome: three convenience store workers in central Missouri beaten to death with a claw hammer during a ro...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jimmy Carter resumed his role as Habitat for Humanity's most prominent booster on Monday, donning a white hard hat and a worn le...

SEATTLE (AP) — A spokesman for Chipotle says the company plans to keep all 43 of its Mexican restaurants closed in Oregon and Washington state until h...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Star Wars-loving Utah family devised an elaborate and awe-inspiring solution to the challenge of finding a Halloween costume f...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lady Gaga is continuing her jazzy period. The entertainer performed an hour-long jazz set Thursday at the American Foundation for A...

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) — In a video he made with his PlayStation, a 12-year-old developmentally disabled boy in a group home points to his swollen rig...

PARIS (AP) — Hot dogs, bacon, cold cuts and other processed meats raise the risk of colon, stomach and other cancers, and red meat probably contribute...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Wednesday categorically denied a report in an Italian newspaper that Pope Francis has a small, curable brain tumor,...

CHICAGO (AP) — New mammogram advice from the American Cancer Society says most women should start annual screenings at age 45 instead of 40, a change ...

TOKYO (AP) — A man in his 40s who worked at the Fukushima nuclear plant after the 2011 disaster is the first person confirmed to have developed cancer...

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says it's worried that millions of doses of polio vaccine might be wasted in Ukraine after a patient group...

NEW YORK (AP) — Selena Gomez has revealed that she's battling the debilitating immune system disorder lupus. "I was diagnosed with lupus, and I've bee...

CHICAGO (AP) — Cancer is much less common in elephants than in humans, even though the big beasts' bodies have many more cells. That's a paradox known...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A popular dog run in a picturesque Mexico City park remained closed Tuesday following reported cases of dog poisoning. Orange tape ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq, which is already facing a prolonged battled against the Islamic State group and mass protests against government corruption and i...