Brazil Mobilizes Troops in Fight Against Virus Carrying Mosquitoes
A health worker stands in the Sambadrome as he sprays insecticide to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transmit the Zika virus, in...
Study: 1 in 7 Colon Cancer Patients Under Age 50
Colon cancer is one of the world's deadliest diseases, but it often has no symptoms in the early stages. That's why doctors urge adults...
China Reaffirms Record Pollution Penalty
People wear protective masks near the Bund in Shanghai, Jan. 19, 2016. Environmentalists have warned that dirty water is a greater...
Ranks of American Centenarians Growing Quickly, Report Says
Irving Fields, New York City’s oldest cabaret singer and piano player, plays the piano during a 100th birthday celebration for him at...
Bill Gates, Africa’s Richest Man Team Up on Nigeria Immunization
Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari (C) poses with tech billionaire Bill Gate (L) and Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote, after signing...
Blood Test to Help Doctors Make Right Call on Prescribing Antibiotics
A microbiologist reads a panel to check on a bacterium's resistance to an antibiotic in the Infectious Disease Laboratory at the federal...
Research: Sub-Saharan Africa Has World's Highest Rates of Stillbirths
Sughra Ramzan, who is pregnant, waits for a doctor at Muzaffargarh District Hospital's maternity ward in Punjab province, Pakistan....
Hawaiian Baby With Brain Damage Is Zika Virus Victim
This photo from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito. The Zika virus is spread through...
With New Ebola Death, Sierra Leone, Region Suffer Setback
Laboratory technician Mohamed SK Sesay, who survived Ebola but saw many of his colleagues die and now has joint and muscle pains and loss...
Drug Trial Disaster in France Leaves Volunteers Seriously Ill
A logo is seen on a glass sign in front of the entrance of the Biotrial laboratory building in Rennes, France, Jan. 15, 2016. PARIS—One...
