The World Health Organization director-general has expressed concern over the rapid spread of a rare Ebola variant in eastern Congo

Canada's national health agency confirms that one of four Canadians returning from a cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive

A cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam for disinfection

The World Health Organization has declared an Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern

A group of people watches three albino rats leap from small baskets into a big cage at an indoor hall in the Argentine capital

Deciding when to get a routine mammogram is confusing

African health officials say there is a new outbreak of the Ebola disease in the Central African country of Congo, with at least 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths

Africa's top public health body has confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province

Africa’s top public health body has confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s Ituri province

Six passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak have arrived in Australia for a quarantine expected to last at least three weeks

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's demands for confidential transgender patient information from Rhode Island's largest hospital

Passengers unaffected by an illness outbreak on a British cruise ship have been allowed off the ship in Bordeaux

About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year

The operator of the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has told The Associated Press that it expects to know by the end of the week if the vessel will keep to its schedule for the coming months

When Jake Rosmarin boarded the MV Hondius, he gleefully posted on social media that the ship would be home for 35 days as he and more than 100 other passengers and crew were to travel across the South Atlantic

A New York health care system has received a federal grand jury subpoena issued in Texas seeking information about children who received gender-affirming care and the medical providers who administered it

Scientists are supercharging patients' own immune cells to try to fight HIV without today's drugs

An outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over weeks on a cruise ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean

Spain's health ministry says a Spanish passenger evacuated from the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive for the virus

For the first time in more than a decade, a leading pediatricians group has put out new guidance about recess, saying it’s crucial for good health and good grades and should be part of the school day for students of all ages

Spanish authorities are preparing to receive over 140 passengers and crew from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands

Argentina’s tourism-dependent province — Tierra del Fuego, home to the southernmost city of Ushuaia — is reacting angrily to the idea that the deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard an Atlantic cruise ship may have emerged from its territory, pushing instea...

Injured U.S. military veterans experience the healing power of water and wildlife at the Georgia Aquarium when they swam with manta rays, goliath groupers, and even a whale shark as part of the Wounded Warrior Project

U.S. health regulators have announced their first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers

There is a long-running discussion about the role that religion can play in enhancing personal well-being and lowering the risk of mental health problems