Measles – one of the world’s most contagious diseases – is forging a path through the unvaccinated in the U.S., reaching its highest infection rate since 1996.

Watching only nine minutes of SpongeBob SquarePants reduced preschoolers’ self-organizing ability and short-term recall, says a study.

Researchers say medications such as ibuprofen and naproxen might be linked to pregnancy loss during the first 20 weeks.

Researchers note that being poor in childhood might lead to greater irregularities in facial symmetry many decades later.

A deadly strain of the “bird flu” virus is currently spreading in Asia, with a focus in Cambodia, where all eight people infected so far this year have died.

The American Society of Addiction Medicine no longer defines addiction as a behavioral problem, but instead as a problem with brain circuitry.

Cholera and measles are killing hundreds of people in Somalia and the Horn of Africa, most of them children already weakened by starvation.

New research finds more potential health benefits of that delightful substance we call chocolate.

A wily and rapidly evolving strain of gonorrhea is emerging as a globally threatening suberbug.