Hundreds of dedicated pitmasters are sweating through the smoke as they compete to see who will be crowned "best in pork" at this year's World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest in Memphis, Te...
By the time Jesse Fernandez turned 18, the federal government had paid out thousands of dollars in Social Security survivor's benefits because of the death of his mother. But Jesse's bank account...
A scenic fishing village in southwest England was under instructions to boil its tap water for a third day on Friday after a parasite sickened more than 45 people in the latest example of Britain...
A groundbreaking discovery may soon allow cancer to be detected up to seven years earlier than current methods using a simple blood test.
A Massachusetts teen who participated in a spicy tortilla chip challenge on social media died from eating a large quantity of chile pepper extract and also had a congenital heart defect, accordin...
Blas Sanchez was nearing the end of a 20-year stretch in an Arizona prison when he was leased out to work at Hickman's Family Farms, which sells eggs that have ended up in the supply chains of hu...
The North Carolina state Senate has voted to ban anyone from wearing masks in public, including for health reasons.
A South Korean court ruled in favor of the government's contentious plan to drastically boost medical school admissions on Thursday.
People who exercise have a lower risk of brain disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and depression, new research indicates.
It was untreated anxiety and depression that Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard blamed for his alcohol abuse, a problem that reached the point where he needed to step away from hockey.
The percentage of the general workforce who substituted other people's urine in office drug tests surged 600% to a new peak last year as legalized marijuana use grew nationwide, a report has foun...
The judge who oversaw a landmark trial about New Hampshire's youth detention center has refused to discard the $38 million verdict, saying the facility's leadership "either knew and didn't care o...
Researchers from the University of Oxford on Monday presented findings that suggest spending time online could have a positive impact on your well-being.
The number of Americans dying from drug overdoses fell last year for the first time since 2018, according to provisional federal estimates released Wednesday.
A new rule proposed by the Biden Department of Health and Human Services intends to increase access to kidney transplants for all people with end-stage renal disease by reducing racial disparitie...
The U.S. government has a specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors that officials brag is always ready to deploy within an hour of any kind of chemical disaster. But the plane didn't fly ov...
Thousands of women in states with abortion bans and restrictions are receiving abortion pills in the mail from states that have laws protecting prescribers, a new report shows.
An anti-abortion activist who led others on an invasion and blockade of a reproductive health clinic in the nation's capital was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly five years in prison.
NBC TV host, inaugural "American Idol" winner and singer Kelly Clarkson admitted on her eponymous show Monday that some of her weight loss is the result of medication.
The broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years, a new study found.