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Dr. Kent Brantly, the first Ebola patient to be treated in America, was said to be improving Sunday, one day after his arrival at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Reuters reported.

Conventional wisdom says governments are best placed to protect forests and wildlife, but the evidence shows that local communities can outdo them

To Aubrey de Grey, the body is a machine. Just as a restored classic car can celebrate its hundredth birthday in peak condition, in the future, we'll maintain our bodies’ cellular components to stave off the diseases o...

Highmark Inc., one of the largest Blue Cross Blue Shield plan providers in the U.S., said Saturday it would pull its coverage of laparoscopic power morcellation because it could spread cancer in women undergoing gynecolo...

Dr. Kent Brantly, an American aid worker for Samaritan's Purse who contracted Ebola while working in Liberia, landed at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia, Saturday. Brantly was transported to Emory University...

Ohio Gov. John Kasich has declared a state of emergency in Toledo after a water treatment plant tested positive for microcystin, a toxin that can cause liver and kidney damage. The microcystin toxin is a product of cyano...