Words like epidemic tend to get tossed around willy nilly whenever flu seasons get nasty. But the CDC confirmed Friday that what the U.S. is going through right now officially qualifies as an epidemic.
Less than a month after the Newtown shootings, a new report confirms an unsettling truth that already seemed statistically likely: On average, Americans are dying younger because of guns.
The World Health Organization tried not to raise too many red flags on Sunday when they announced that they found a rare and deadly virus nearly in the same family as SARS in a 49-year-old Qatari man in the United Kingdom.
As if Contagion weren't enough to freak you out this flu season, the dangerous details of a pair of new flu viruses -- one bioengineered avian, one naturally occurring swine strain -- is almost enough to make you start wearing a biohazard suit to work.
"You cannot test your way to safety," says a former FDA official
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