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The declaration of death said the pope had Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, along with bronchiectasis, a chronic lung condition.

Measles can erase the immune system's "memory" and cause a rare but fatal health condition. The MMR vaccine prevents these repercussions, evidence shows.

In April 2025, Elon Musk supervised a medical team that used Neuralink – a company Musk founded that develops brain-computer interfaces – to wake up 8-year-old Tristan Killip from a coma.

An autistic, nonverbal teenage boy who was shot repeatedly by Idaho police from the other side of a chain link fence while he was holding a knife died Saturday after being removed from life support, his family said.

A charity in Australia has repeated a warning against picking and eating wild mushrooms. The Food Safety Information Council's annual message comes as

With the first licenses for providing psychedelic mushrooms issued in Colorado, excitement and questions build about the fungi's potential, affordability and safety.

A New Jersey man was sentenced to prison after allegedly selling pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine to teenagers who overdosed and died.

Mice instinctively act as first responders when they encounter unconscious companions, focusing intense grooming efforts on their peers' heads to help revive them, according to new research from UCLA scientists.…

Learn how brain circuits that help regulate slumber may also control consciousness, helping advance research.

Commentary: Sleep Awareness Month is here. Now's the time to reflect on the importance of sleep.

A group of Northern California cops who were well aware that a man had crashed his car after suffering an epileptic seizure became enraged when

The experimental treatment used to treat the prolonged seizures of a sea lion may offer insights into treatment approaches that can help humans.

Two new studies suggest once again the importance of getting a good night's sleep for good health over a lifetime, as scientists pursue new understandings of restorative deep sleep.

As fatal familial insomnia progresses, patients completely stop sleeping and enter a coma-like state that results in death within months.

Jamie Foxx's representatives said that the actor needed stiches after he was hit by a glass thrown by another patron at the Beverly Hills restaurant Mr. Chow Friday.

Two indoor cats in Los Angeles county have died of H5N1 bird flu after consuming recalled raw milk from Raw Farm LLC.

Jamie Foxx opened up about why he was hospitalized for several weeks in April 2023.

In 1985, a doctor created "quantum glasses" to help fix his daughter's eyesight, but they allowed her to see a dimension beyond our own. What she saw drove her insane and she removed her own eyes.

The U.S., Australia and U.K. have issued warnings for travelers in Vang Vieng after several tourists died in a suspected methanol poisoning outbreak.