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A northern West Virginia region still cleaning up from flash flooding less than two weeks ago was hit with torrential rains that sent creeks over their banks again Thursday night. A flash flood warning was issued for the Wheeling area, about an hour’s drive southwest of Pittsburgh. The National Weather …

At least 3% of measles cases confirmed so far this year have been in people who received two doses of the measles vaccine, meaning they were fully vaccinated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.  About three dozen of the nearly 1,200 measles infections in 2025 have been in …

A skier died after being caught in an avalanche on Alaska’s Mount McKinley, officials said Wednesday — just days after a climber fell 3,000 feet to his death on North America’s tallest peak. Nicholas Vizzini, 29, of Washington state and his climbing partner, a snowboarder, triggered the avalanche high on …

Check your medicine cabinet — Zicam nasal swabs and Orajel baby teething swabs are being recalled due to potential microbial contamination, according to federal health officials. In an alert from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Church & Dwight Co., Inc., the brands’ manufacturer, voluntarily issued the recall after the …

Scottie Scheffler never lost the lead and never gave anyone much of a chance down the stretch Sunday in another relentless performance, closing with a 2-under 70 for a four-shot victory to join Tiger Woods as the only repeat winners of the Memorial. Slowed by hand surgery at the start …

In busy times, it can feel good when a friend cancels plans last-minute or you have a weekend free of any social commitments — but experts warn Americans’ growing tendency toward being anti-social can lead to loneliness, which can actually hurt our health.  Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy …

As children, sisters Amaris and Dominique Elston were inseparable. Their parents remember the two of them sharing everything and always having each others’ backs, no matter the situation.  That bond didn’t change as they grew older, and when an 18-year-old Dominique was diagnosed with focal segmentalglomerulosclerosis, a chronic kidney disease …

Wide-eyed piglets rushing to check out the visitors to their unusual barn just might represent the future of organ transplantation – and there’s no rolling around in the mud here. The first gene-edited pig organs ever transplanted into people came from animals born on this special research farm in the Blue Ridge …

Researchers are learning more about how our gut health affects so many parts of our body and its processes — even our sleep. And it’s not just a tummy ache that can keep you up at night — experts say your sleep schedule and gut microbiome have a relationship on …

As sweltering temperatures grip the country, hydration is top of mind — but how much water should you be drinking? According to experts, it’s likely more than you may think. But they also warn against too much of a good thing. “Our bodies are made up of mostly water — …