SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Little Carter Silveira was sound asleep in the Sutter Memorial Hospital neonatal intensive care unit.

A ventilator helped him breathe. Sensors on his chest monitored his temperature, and fine tubes snaked into a foot and his...

CHICAGO -- When soon-to-be mothers are feeling exhausted and ready to give up, Krissy Maher, a labor and delivery nurse at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital, regularly calls in the Pushing Specialist.

In walks a 75-year-old woman with soft white hair, ...

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans voted for the 37th time Thursday evening to repeal all or part of President Barack Obama's health care law, underscoring once again the deep partisan divide over the landmark 2010 legislation.

The bill to roll back...

WASHINGTON -- Up to one in five American youngsters -- some 7 million to 12 million by one estimate -- experience a mental health disorder each year, according to a new report billed as the first comprehensive look at the mental health status of ...

KENNEWICK, Wash. -- A Pasco, Wash., baby is being treated to prevent rabies after she was bitten twice by a rabid bat last weekend while on her grandparents' deck.

Derek and Melissa Anderson learned Tuesday afternoon that the bat had tested ...

LOS ANGELES -- Fear of cancer is a horrible thing. It stays with you all day long, and it wakes you up at night.

I didn't want to live with that, especially when I knew I could do something about it.

Like Angelina Jolie, I have a genetic ...