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The state Department of Health on Tuesday confirmed 18 cases of adenovirus at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Haskell, Passaic County.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Deer from a private herd on a Minnesota farm have contracted a deadly virus that until now has not yet been seen in the state.

Until now there has been no treatment for CJD, which is fatal. Scientists at University College London's Prion Unit, have spent 20 years working on the treatment, a synthetic antibody called PRN100.

At least 92 people from 29 states have become ill, the CDC says

Over the last decade, more than 750 supplement brands have been found to be tainted with drugs, but less than half were recalled.

First they came for chain restaurants, then golf, and now millennials are turning their backs on another old institution: primary care. Younger patients are increasingly turning away from primary care doctors and toward clinics or urgent care centers, the

Acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, has seen an outbreak every other year. The last one was in 2016.

A man's life-threatening reaction after a root canal was traced back to amoxicillin, a common antibiotic, which triggered the man's meningitis.

Public health authorities are investigating an outbreak of flea-borne typhus in downtown Los Angeles.

Thanks to world-leading vaccine and screening programs, the dangerous disease could be almost unheard of in Australia in coming decades, new research has revealed.

A study carried out at the University of Eastern Finland and published in Nucleic Acids Research investigated the effect of ciprofloxacin on mitochondria, the important cell organelles in our body that produce the energy for cellular function. Ciprofloxac

JOHANNESBURG — The risk of the deadly Ebola virus spreading from Congo is now "very high" after two confirmed cases were discovered near the Uganda border, the World Health Organization says.The outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever in northeast

It's open-enrollment time -- reviewing your Part D drug coverage to see if you can do better could pay big dividends

A new study shows antibiotics are a reasonable alternative for most patients with appendicitis

Approximately 132,606 pounds of ground beef products across the country are being recalled due to possible E.Coli contamination.

Nearly 133,000 pounds of possibly contaminated meat sold nationwide by Cargill, USDA says in warning to consumers

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The first cases of the flu season have been reported in New Mexico.

In a study of nearly half a million adults in Europe, researchers found a higher risk of colorectal, respiratory tract, and stomach cancers among those who consumed the most junk food.

High levels of LDL-C, known as bad cholesterol, has been considered a major cause of heart disease - the world's leading killer - for at least 50 years.

Two major health scares at U.S. airports involving inbound flights are related to pilgrims returning from the Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which ended in late August, U.S. health officials said on Friday.