Severe weather from a tropical storm or hurricane could potentially spread the Zika virus even further in Florida, and standing water is only 1 concern.

A National Institutes of Health official says the end of the Zika virus could still be a year or 2 away, and that Gulf Coast states, besides Florida, are most vulnerable.

A new study shows that sitting for 8 hours per day can be as dangerous as obesity and even smoking, and you need to exercise this much to undo the damage.

A new study has shown that hundreds of clinics in the United States are falsely advertising stem cell treatments for everything from autism to breast augmentation.

Harvard researchers analyzed 12 studies and found that consuming ample amounts of whole grains can help people live longer.

Seven luxury hotels in San Francisco have made their rooftops sanctuaries for honeybees in an effort to boost the insects’ numbers.

Monsanto’s Round Up herbicide, containing the likely-carcinogenic glyphosate, is causing widespread mitochondrial dysfunction – and this is why it matters.

Health officials in Oregon believe a teen girl diagnosed with bubonic plague caught the disease from an infected flea.

Kaci Hickox, a nurse forced into quarantine after treating Ebola patients, is suing Governor Chris Christie, alleging she was held against her will.

Chagas disease is spreading so quickly through the southern U.S. that researchers are calling it the new AIDS in the Americas.

With more cases of the plague sprouting up in the US, the CDC is urging doctors to look out for the plague if a patient presents with fever, abdominal pain, and nausea and vomiting.

The U.S. went a decade without cases of the plague, but this summer the illness made headlines. Could the cause be flea-infested rodents and CA’s drought?

Research shows that people who live near hydraulic fracturing (fracking) sites have more severe health problems than those who do not.

Western diets and modern-day hygiene have wiped out important bacteria in our digestive tracts. Many may not know it, but this is a serious issue.

Would you like to have your tooth brush warn you that you’re about to come down with a disease such as Alzheimer’s or cancer? You may be in luck.

The medical establishment says the rise in cancer rates is due to old age, but the truth is that we are bombarded with cancer-causing contaminants.

Overall, both real-life observations and research pieces point to the Paleo diet in its many forms to have a multitude of health benefits anyone can enjoy.