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Increased cases of Zika virus, an emerging mosquito-borne virus first identified in Uganda in 1947, are being identified in the past week in various continents and geographies, states World Health Organization officials. People catch Zika virus by being bitten by an infected Aedes mosquito, the same type that spreads yellow fever, dengue and chikungunya. Outbreaks of this virus had been circulating through the Americas, Asia and Africa, and now is spreading.

With sugar being linked to several diseases, including cancer, new government dietary guidelines call for cut back in its consumption.

The holiday season has always presented a challenge to people to stick to their diet and exercise routines. Given the jovial and celebratory mood of Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year, everyone tends to partake in indulging on the sumptuous meals served. Although the drinks and the food contribute to grander and prolonged celebrations, these consequently negatively affect the body.

Campbell Soup Co said it will label all its U.S. products for the presence of ingredients derived from genetically modified organisms, becoming the first major food company to respond to growing calls for more transparency about contents in food.

Children conceived with assisted reproductive technology have similar early childhood development as other children, after multiple births are taken into account, according to a new study.

A pension plan established by New Brunswick, N.J.- based Saint Peter’s Healthcare System does not qualify as a “church plan” that is exempt from the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, ruled a U.S. federal appeals court ruled this week. ERISA is the federal pension law that requires such plans to be fully funded, and provides employees with certain rights related to benefit entitlements. St. Peter's employs more than 2,800 people through 27 centers and facilities.

People who toil away in physically demanding jobs may find that aches and pains follow them into retirement, limiting daily activities in their golden years, a study from France suggests.

Premature and underweight newborns may have better survival odds if they pass their days with their bare chests nestled directly against their mothers' breasts, a research review suggests.

Alzheimer’s research may receive a record-setting increase in funding of $350 million within the $1.1 trillion spending deal Congress reached Tuesday night for fiscal 2016. If the overall budget is approved by the White House, it will increase government spending on the disease by more than 50 percent, reports The Washington Post.

A new study found that bowel cancer cells can be killed off by Vitamin A. With this breakthrough finding, it is expected that the number of people suffering from relapses after chemotherapy can be reduced.

Although Joey Martin Feek is extremely weakened from dealing with the last stages of cervical cancer, it was still a pleasant weekend for her and husband Rory Feek of country music duo Joey + Rory, because she was able to get out of bed and interact with their daughter, Indiana.

Water or land based exercise should provide some short-term benefit in pain management for hip osteoarthritis, though there are few well-designed trials testing it, according to a new review.

Americans with severe mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed by police compare to other civilians, according to the latest findings from the Treatment Advocacy Center (TAC) study. The study revealed that a variety of federal policies have often left police as the only available choice to help mentally ill Americans, Reuters reported.

After surviving a heart attack or severe blockage of blood flow to the heart, optimistic people are more likely to make healthy lifestyle changes and less likely to end up back in the hospital, a U.S. study suggests.

Exercise gives tremendous benefits for our body. It keeps us fit, healthy and strong. Now, a new study shows that the physical fitness is critical for maintaining a relatively youthful brain, the New York Times published.

It seems that patients have to choose from two diseases. Men taking testosterone-blocking drugs to cure prostate cancer have nearly twice the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, researchers published on their study.

Kids and teens who take prescription medicines to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be twice as likely to be bullied as their peers who don't have this mental health problem, a recent U.S. study suggests.

Women who have abnormal mammogram results may be at increased risk for developing breast cancer even when follow-up tests fail to detect tumors, a U.S. study finds.

Parents caring for children discharged from the hospital face many stressors and can feel they are "in a fog" that may make it harder for them to process important information, according to a new study.

The estimated number of adolescents dying of AIDS in the Asia Pacific region has more than doubled since 2005, experts said on Monday, warning of a "hidden epidemic".

New treatments for Alzheimer's disease could now be underway after a team of scientists found how the brain condition ruins the connections between brain cells. They also said the findings are a major breakthrough in understanding the disease.

"Despite a life-threatening illness, there is still gratitude. There is still light," penned Julia Attaway, editor of Daily Guideposts: "Your First Year of Motherhood," a book of devotions for first-time moms.

Using an innovative gene-manipulating technique, scientists have found a way to decrease the number of global mortality rate of malaria disease. The new breed of mosquitoes is now capable of killing malaria parasite inside their bodies.

For years, Madeleine Smithberg has been at the forefront of American comedy as co-creator of "The Daily Show" and a talent coordinator for "Late Show with David Letterman."

Liberia has placed 153 people under surveillance as it seeks to control a new Ebola outbreak in the capital more than two months after the country was declared free of the virus, health officials said.