LOS ANGELES -- Hepatitis C mortality rates surpassed HIV mortality rates in the United States in 2007, researchers said earlier this week.

In a study in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

A new study suggests that drivers should worry about being picked up for driving under the influence -- of a cold. A study from a British car insurance company and a university in Walesfound that operating a car with a cold is the equivalent to ...

CHICAGO -- There's a new class on human sexuality at Northwestern University, but it's safe to say that this one won't feature any live sex-toy demonstrations.

A year has passed since school officials, amid a firestorm of embarrassing publicity, ...

DALLAS -- Texas State Parks officials are urging outdoors enthusiasts to take a hike, and the hiking, they say, is better while the weather is cool and the parks are uncrowded.

"Many of our parks have just completed the process of renovating and ...

AKRON, Ohio -- Don Lichi has always wanted to leave a legacy of a life well-lived.

Exactly what that means has been at the center of his thoughts since November, when he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma (cancer of the plasma cells in the bone ...

WASHINGTON -- Seven organizations will receive a total of $639 million in federal low-interest loans to launch new, consumer-governed health insurance plans in eight states, the federal government announced Tuesday.

The new plans, authorized by ...