A melanoma cluster found in the heart of Pennsylvania farm country has highlighted potential links between agriculture and skin cancer. Adults 50 and older living in a 15-county stretch of south-central Pennsylvania were 57% more likely to...

The brain is thought to be a sterile environment, free from germs. But unexpected deposits of bacteria have been found inside brain tumors, apparently affecting how the cancers grow and behave, a new study says.   “This work...

Bright orange fingers may soon be less common for some snackers. PepsiCo announced that it will begin selling new versions of Cheetos and Doritos that contain no artificial colors or flavors. The line, called “Simply NKD,” hits...

A Washington state resident has become the first person in the United States to test positive for a rare bird flu strain that has never before been found in humans. The older adult, who has underlying health...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is tightening restrictions on a gene therapy used to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy after two teenagers died from liver failure linked to the medication. The FDA decision limits the use...

At least nine people in southern Ethiopia have been infected with Marburg virus, a deadly illness similar to Ebola. This marks the country’s first known outbreak of the highly contagious disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said....

Alana “Lani” Silverberg was a real firecracker with a big personality at age 3 — until she started having seizures. The sweetheart swiftly turned quiet, cranky, sleepless and fatigued, worn down by her seizures. “It was every...

A diabetes drug can help manage weight gain among children prescribed medications to treat bipolar disorder, a new study shows. Second-generation antipsychotics like aripiprazole, risperidone and quetiapine are often effective in treating mood disorder, but they also...

Life imitates art, the saying goes, but does that extend to TV depictions of prescription drug misuse? The last season of the HBO hit series “The White Lotus” might have inadvertently increased interest in a powerful anti-anxiety...

Younger adults who eat lots of ultra-processed foods are more likely to develop polyps that can become colon cancer, a new study says. Women under 50 whose diets contained the largest amounts of ultra-processed foods had a...