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Packaging in five major US grocery stores were tested for PFAS chemicals by environmental watchdogs. Two-thirds of takeout containers used for hot food and salad tested positive.

Winter is not the best season for your skin. The cold weather, coupled with lower humidity levels results in dry air, which snatches the moisture away from your skin. This can lead to skin irritation, redness, itching, cracking, and bleeding. Here are tips to maintain skin health during winters.

A sore throat, causing pain and irritation, can be quite uncomfortable. It is essentially body's immune response to viral or bacterial infections and is caused due to inflammation and swelling of the mucous membranes. But, certain natural remedies can help you deal with it. Here are top 5 of them.

Contrary to popular opinion, if you want to lose weight, you should aim for three daily healthy meals, and regular, healthy snacking. Dinner is one such vital meal of the day, and options that are light-weight, easily digestible, and health boosters, should be considered for weight-loss.

NEW YORK (AP) — More U.S. beef is being recalled because it may be contaminated with salmonella.

The most stubborn of all fats is the fat that accumulates on your tummy. Not only does it look bad on you, it is also a virtual invitation to a number of dreadful health issues like diabetes, stroke, high BP etc. Although losing belly fat is a daunting task, here are 5 food items that can help.

A new generic competitor for the popular allergy drug EpiPen isn't going to be any cheaper than one already on the market, even though the Trump administration touted the generic as evidence its fight against high drug prices was working.

The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that efforts are underway to remove romaine lettuce from California from the supply chain, as they believe an E.coli outbreak likely originated from the Golden State.

'Illnesses could have been prevented'

The new US physical activity guidelines show that even everyday activities in short amounts can do wonders for mind and body.

Two Harvard clinical trials look at potential heart health benefits from eating more fish or taking a fish oil supplement

New cholesterol guidelines recommend a more personalized approach in risk assessments, a returned focus on LDL target levels and new drug options for those at highest risk for cardiovascular disease.

Sam Ballard, once a promising rugby player, fell into a coma and woke up 420 days later after he'd been infected with rat lungworm from eating a slug on a playful dare.

EWG tested 28 brands of conventional oat-based cereals, they all had glyphosate residue, most of them above healthy standards

The state Department of Health on Tuesday confirmed 18 cases of adenovirus at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Haskell, Passaic County.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Deer from a private herd on a Minnesota farm have contracted a deadly virus that until now has not yet been seen in the state.

Until now there has been no treatment for CJD, which is fatal. Scientists at University College London's Prion Unit, have spent 20 years working on the treatment, a synthetic antibody called PRN100.

At least 92 people from 29 states have become ill, the CDC says

Over the last decade, more than 750 supplement brands have been found to be tainted with drugs, but less than half were recalled.

First they came for chain restaurants, then golf, and now millennials are turning their backs on another old institution: primary care. Younger patients are increasingly turning away from primary care doctors and toward clinics or urgent care centers, the