Health officials are investigating nine cases of muscle weakness or paralysis in Colorado children and whether the culprit might be a virus causing severe respiratory illness across the...

The World Health Organization called the Ebola outbreak "the most severe, acute health emergency seen in modern times" but also said Monday that economic disruptions can be curbed if people are...

The maker of the world's top-selling erectile dysfunction drug on Tuesday will begin airing the first Viagra TV commercial in America that targets the less-obvious sufferers of the sexual condition:...

The Health Division will be conducting the Second European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) in Malta and Gozo with fieldwork planned for this autumn, starting in mid October over a period of three...

A five-hour Ebola training drill was held yesterday, as part of a series of training drills that have been conducted for the past months at Mater Dei Hospital. These training sessions are aimed at...

Deaths from heroin overdose doubled in just two years in much of the United States, a new government study says. The annual number of U.S. drug overdose deaths has been growing for more than 20...

American Marines scrambled to add Ebola treatment beds in Liberia on Friday, while the U.S. and Britain readied new disease screenings for passengers arriving at their airports from West Africa....

The Obama administration is tightening oversight of high-stakes scientific research involving dangerous germs that could raise biosecurity concerns, imposing new safety rules on universities and other...

Statistically one in four people will endure a mental health problem throughout their lives, however fear not, help is readily available. Living with depression is a lifelong battle, Joseph, 50, said...

Brittany Maynard will not live to see if her advocacy makes a difference. The 29-year-old woman expects to die no later than Nov. 1. If the brain cancer from which she suffers does not kill her...