Shakira is partnering with Fisher-Price to launch a line of baby toys as well as a Web series for moms. The Mattel, Inc.-owned company announced Friday that the First Steps collection of toys and...

Starting Monday, millions of people who have avoided colon cancer screenings can get a new home test that's noninvasive and doesn't require the icky preparation most other methods do. The test is...

Anna Kendrick is in the holiday spirit. "I want it to be Christmas already! I just want to throw a soiree," the bubbly actress said during a recent interview. Kendrick certainly looked the...

Ebola is giving Americans a crash course in fear. Yet, they're incredibly less likely to get the disease than to get sick worrying about it. First, the reality check: More Americans have...

A number of new regulations have come into force following amendments made to the Malta Transport Authority Act, one of the regulations being that a young child can only be transported in a...

The Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) had warned the Maltese Police that a Libyan terrorist group was planning "terrorist acts" in Europe just weeks before the landing of a hijacked EgyptAir...

A number of nurses working at government health centres who spoke to The Malta Independent said that it was through information disseminated in the media that they learned that the flu vaccination...

As a group of Microsoft specialists walked into a classroom and introduced themselves, a 10-year-old promptly put up his hand and asked: "Is it true that Minecraft is now owned by...

How come nurses wearing protective gear can catch Ebola from a patient, but health officials keep saying you almost certainly won't get it from someone sitting next to you on a plane? First, the...

A Dallas nurse being treated for Ebola has received a plasma transfusion from a doctor who beat his own infection with the deadly virus after getting a similar treatment. The reason: Antibodies in the...