Health

U.S. health officials on Tuesday reported a jump in cases of a rare paralyzing illness in children, and said it seems to be following an every-other-year pattern.

Obesity surgery may dramatically lower the danger of heart attacks and strokes in patients with diabetes, new research suggests, reinforcing evidence that benefits extend beyond weight loss.

A small but growing proportion of the youngest children in the U.S. have not been vaccinated against any disease, worrying health officials.

Three children in Pittsburgh are suspected of having the rare disease

The sixth probable human case of West Nile Virus this year has been identified in Bellevue.

Mat Beren and his friends used to drive by the vast greenhouses of southern British Columbia and joke about how much weed they could grow there.

There is no way to predict how bad the flu season is going to be each year.

Backers of broad marijuana legalization are looking to break through a geographic barrier in November and get their first foothold in the Midwest after a string of election victories in Northeastern and Western states.