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July 6, 2017

New ‘zombie’ drug may be emerging in Florida as flakka use declines

When details of an attack allegedly involving a Florida State University student who police say stabbed an innocent couple to death and then tried to eat the face of one of the victims were released earlier this month, many media outlets quickly pointed to flakka, a synthetic cathinone similar to bath salts that can cause violent, aggressive behavior.

July 6, 2017

Miami students return to school amid Zika outbreak

As officials scramble to contain an outbreak of the Zika virus in two Miami neighborhoods, the more than 7,600 students who attend nine schools in those outbreak zones returned to school Monday to begin their first day of classes.

July 6, 2017

Parents' at-home genetic screening test leads to son's rare diagnosis

When Rose and her husband welcomed their first child in 2015, they noticed he had an extra pinky on each hand.

July 6, 2017

Do sports protect teens from abusing painkillers or enable it?

As communities nationwide battle a growing opioid and heroin use epidemic, researchers and public health officials are scrambling to identify how abuse may begin.

July 6, 2017

'Self-rescue' swimming classes for toddlers condemned as traumatic

Teaching small children how to swim is a rite of summer.

July 5, 2017

Military moms fear contaminants at housing base are giving children cancer

The Marine Corps says it is addressing the concerns of a military mom who posted a YouTube video warning about what she claims are potential cancer risks for anyone who has resided at her family’s former military housing unit in South Carolina.

July 5, 2017

Father shares photo of daughter's toe to serve as warning to others

A Kansas father who noticed something unusual about his infant daughter’s foot is sharing his story on Facebook to help warn other new parents about a life-threatening condition.

July 3, 2017

Girl who died after contracting E. coli was cleaning dirty yard, family says

The family of one of two children who died after contracting an E. coli infection said the 6-year-old had recently been cleaning debris in their housing complex yard.

July 3, 2017

Prolonged breast-feeding ups risk of severe dental cavities

Breast-feeding at age 2 or older increases a child's risk of severe dental caries by the time they're 5, independently of how much sugar they get from foods, researchers say.

July 1, 2017

Health agency probes E.coli outbreak in polygamist Utah city

Utah health authorities say they are investigating an outbreak of E.coli after two children died in a city on the Arizona border that's home to a polygamist Mormon sect.