Health & Fitness

Scottish researchers have pinpointed an enzyme that helps speed up breathing when oxygen levels are low. This could offer new…

LONDON: Dog owners who think their beloved pets are just smarter than the others might be right, according to a…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell said on Wednesday that no cases of the Zika virus…

Following the uncontrollable outbreak of the Zika virus in South America, the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency…

The United States Olympic Committee told US sports federations that athletes and staff concerned for their health over the Zika…

Experts on microcephaly, the birth defect that has sparked alarm in the current Zika virus outbreak, say they are struck…

More than 3,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Saturday,…

 Differences among alcoholics in who gets severe liver damage and who doesn’t might be partly due to differences in their…

People living in countries with public smoking bans have lower exposure to secondhand smoke and better health, according to a…

Although worker protections are supposed to prevent it, a new U.S. study of nursing home workers finds that within six…