Recall issued after dead bat found in salad at Walmart

If you’re wondering why so many millions of people are glued to a live cam of a pregnant giraffe who has declined, for many weeks now, to give birth to the calf we are all expecting, just read some of the posts on April the Giraffe’s official Facebook …

Health officials in Hawaii have been warning residents not to touch snails or slugs with their bare hands because of an increase in cases of people coming into contact with a rare parasitic infection known as a rat lungworm.

The lone polar bear at Utah’s Hogle Zoo – a beloved 19-year-old female that zoo staffers called an “ambassador to climate change” – died Saturday after being diagnosed with kidney failure last week.

Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Hawaii are campaigning for a legislation change concerning equal access to in vitro fertilization procedures.

A new study raises a novel idea about what might trigger celiac disease, a condition that makes patients unable to tolerate foods containing gluten.

The benefits of owning a pet are plentiful – from constant company to endless cuddles – and now it seems that sharing your house with a fury friend might be good for your health, too.

Dagmar Johnson, left, and DeAnn Huntington hold protest signs during a health care demonstration near the Corvallis Clinic and Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center on Friday.

Researchers have found that gene CRY1 is key to determining a person’s sleep/wake cycles, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Cell.

PIERRE, S.D. – Medical marijuana supporters who came up empty at the South Dakota Legislature and ballot box are emboldened to try again after an overwhelming vote in North Dakota to make cannabis available to patients there.

A visitor looks at ‘El Neandertal Emplumado’, a scientificly based impression of the face of a Neanderthal who lived some 50,000 years ago by Italian scientist Fabio Fogliazza during the inauguration of the exhibition ‘Cambio de Imagen’ (Change of …

A new study finds smoking continues to be a challenging public health threat. Nearly one billion people worldwide smoked daily in 2015—one in four men and one in 20 women.