A measles outbreak near Portland, Oregon, has revived a bitter debate over so-called "philosophical" exemptions to childhood vaccinations as public health officials across the Pacific Northwest...

Ford Performance-developed all-new Focus ST enhanced with advanced sports technologies will go on sale in the summer in five-door hatch and estate body styles  Powerful powertrains include 280PS,...

Pope Francis warned church leaders summoned Thursday to a landmark sex abuse prevention summit that the Catholic faithful are demanding more than just condemnation of the crimes of priests but...

Kadiatou Balde grew up in a Senegalese village with the tradition of female genital mutilation. She never had a choice, but now as a community elder she is helping to banish the practice, one...

The lead organizer of the Vatican's sex abuse summit has met with an Irish activist who is working to draw attention to a related issue the Vatican has tried to keep quiet: priests who father...

If Pope Francis needed a concrete example to justify summoning church leaders from around the globe to Rome for a tutorial on clergy sex abuse, Sister Bernardine Pemii has it. The nun, who...

The dog belonging to the woman who was found dead in her bed three months after her demise was found dead beneath her bed this morning. The woman, Janet Harvey, 69, was found dead on Monday. The...

With the lines between physical and digital reality continuing to blur, children today are becoming increasingly exposed to a limitless online landscape, a double-edged sword that has endless...

A new public primary school was inaugurated today in Marsascala by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat after an investment of €6 million....

U.S. health officials are telling doctors to be on the lookout for a rare cancer linked to breast implants after receiving more reports of the disease. The Food and Drug Administration sent a...