Images from the erupting Taal Volcano in the Philippines show a desolate landscape of destroyed houses and snapped trees covered in a thick layer of heavy ash. Half-buried bodies of horses and cows that could not escape the island lay in black sludge or float…

What if you could get a lot of the benefits of exercise, without moving a muscle? A class of naturally occurring proteins called Sestrins might be able to mimic such metabolic effects, a new study suggests, although so far the results have only been

This year's flu vaccine is "not a very good match" for a common strain of the flu that's especially tough on children, according to the nation's top infectious disease doctor. "It's not a very good match for B/Victoria," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of …

(Bloomberg) -- An analyst who picked an inopportune time to downgrade Tesla Inc. is expressing regret, giving Elon Musk credit, and yet still doubting the electric-car maker deserves such a rich valuation.“I wish I hadn’t done it,” Joe Osha, an analyst at JMP…

A teenager in Dallas has died from complications from the flu. By all accounts, Reese Termulo was a healthy, active teenager. The 16-year-old was a junior and member of the Brigade at Bishop Lynch High School. She died Friday from complications from the flu. …

Officials with the El Paso Public Department of Public Health said one person has died from the flu in El Paso. This is the first flu-related death this season. The victim was a man in his 70s who had underlying conditions. “Although this gentleman wa…