The current Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- with 426 total cases, including 245 deaths -- is now the second largest and second deadliest in history, according to Thursday's report from the nation's Ministry of Health.
Pictures and video of migrant men, women and children rushing through white clouds of tear gas fired by border agents during an incident at the southern US border have brought forth anger, debate and concern.
Measles cases around the world surged 31% from 2016 to 2017, according to new reports by the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cameron Underwood, of California, suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the face in June 2016. Eighteen months later, after 25 hours of surgery, he received a face transplant at NYU.
China has suspended the research activities of the scientists who claimed to have created the world's first gene-edited babies, state-run Xinhua news reported Thursday.
Organizers of a global genome conference have called for an independent investigation into a Chinese scientist who claims to have created the world's first genetically edited babies, describing his research as "deeply disturbing."
The Chinese scientist who sparked an international outcry after alleging to have helped create the world's first genetically edited babies, has raised the possibility of a third child being born, after announcing that a separate woman was…
Climate change is here and affecting our health, with extreme heat in particular also having effects on productivity, food supply and disease transmission, a new global report finds.
Rice University physics professor Michael Deem is being investigated for his possible role in the genetic editing of twin Chinese embryos that may have led to the world's first designer babies.
A Chinese hospital has denied involvement in the alleged delivery of the world's first genetically-edited babies and experts worldwide have voiced outrage at such use of the technology.
CNN Hero Dr. Rob Gore started the Kings Against Violence Initiative (KAVI) 2009. Today, the nonprofit has anti-violence programs in a Brooklyn hospital, schools and the broader community, serving more than 250 young people.
After a skiing accident left her paralyzed at 24, Amanda Boxtel refused to stop doing the activities she enjoys. She later started Bridging Bionics, which provides high-tech physical therapy to people with mobility impairments.
A new US government report delivers a dire warning about climate change and its devastating impacts, saying the economy could lose hundreds of billions of dollars -- or, in the worst-case scenario, more than 10% of its GDP -- by the end of…
It's easy to look back on the past through rose-tinted glasses, as the saying goes, but new research suggests that the mid-sixth century was definitely a time to forget.
France has launched a nationwide investigation into abnormal rates of babies born with missing or malformed limbs in several regions after 11 new cases were identified.
Almost 17 million infants worldwide are breathing toxic air, potentially affecting their brain development, according to a UNICEF report published Wednesday.
At least 6,700 Rohingya were killed in attacks during the first month of a military crackdown in Myanmar in late August, Médecins Sans Frontières estimates.
South Korean surgeon Lee Cook-Jong was already having a busy day in Trauma Bay 1 when he got the call: A US Black Hawk helicopter was on its way with an injured soldier. But it wasn't just any soldier.