MEDICINE

Using a technique known as metagenomics, researchers were able to recover tuberculosis genomes from the lung tissue of an 18th-century Hungarian mummy.

Nearly 9,000 people in the U.K. die annually from alcohol abuse.

Dylan Williams, 8, was killed on Wednesday after being struck in the neck by an errant baseball. Doctors believe that he died from complications stemming from blunt force trauma.

A new study suggests that daily medical marijuana use may be an effective cure for Crohn's disease.

Jenny McCarthy was criticized on Twitter for her belief that vaccines can cause Autism in children after she was hired by "The View."

The company beat analyst expectations by 9 cents per share in the second quarter.

An infant in China survived after his mother stabbed him in the face for biting her while being breastfed.

After pulling HIV's fangs, doctors can use the virus as a courier to deliver gene therapy.

Randy Travis is in critical condition suffering from viral cardiomyopathy in a Texas hospital, but has not undergone surgery.

A market research report estimates that the North American market makes up more than half of the anti-obesity market worldwide.

A flesh-eating bacteria killed a Louisiana man and infected three others whose wounds were exposed to seawater.

Doctors under contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sterilized nearly 150 female inmates from 2006 to 2010 without the required state approvals, the Center for Investigative Reporting has found.

Some scientists are joining artists and musicians in passing the digital hat around.

Some agricultural techniques that speed production may have the side effect of reducing emissions, researchers say.

A measles outbreak is taking place in the Dutch "Bible Belt," a region in the Netherlands occupied by conservative Protestant Christians that choose not to vaccinate their children.

A toxicology report has confirmed speculation that rapper Chris Kelly, of Kriss Kross fame, died of a drug overdose.

Pierce Brosnan's daughter Charlotte died at the age of 41 on Friday, People reported.

The Coast Guard says cocaine confiscated by U.S. authorities off the coast of Costa Rica is worth roughly $19 million.

Brisdelle, which contains the same active ingredient as anti-depressant Paxil, got the stamp of approval Friday.

A refrigerator explosion in a San Diego home led police to discover marijuana plants and a hash oil extraction operation inside the Encanto, Calif., house.

A Killen Police Department detective initially said the substance tested negative for synthetic marijuana.