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A wireless brain implant allowing wounded soldiers to recover motor skills lost through head trauma is currently being looked at by a Pentagon agency that is soliciting proposals from private companies to research — and potentially build –the technology. Bloomberg reports the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s RFP could also …

After being bullied about her nose for years, one South Carolina teenager got a nose job – for free. Fifteen-year-old Renata got her new nose from the Little Baby Face Foundation, a New York City nonprofit that offers free plastic surgery to low-income children with facial deformities, Time reported. Her …

Five deaths have been reported in Florida due to a “flesh-eating” bacterial infection, according to state health officials. The Florida Department of Health has confirmed 16 total cases of Vibrio vulnificus across 12 counties, as reported by local outlets. Last year, the state reported even higher numbers: 82 cases and …

Taking puberty-blocking drugs has been shown to cause mental health issues in trans children, according to a recent analysis from the University of Essex. In re-examining the results of a previous study, the U.K. researchers determined that one-third of the youth with gender dysphoria (GD) experienced a decline in mental …

SAN FRANCISCO – Officials in Northern California on Wednesday warned Bay Area Rapid Transit commuters that they may have been exposed to measles after an infected LinkedIn employee used the trains. Contra Costa County public health officials say someone diagnosed with the disease rode BART trains between Lafayette and San …

As cold and flu season gets underway this fall, Fox News Digital reached out to and spoke with a number of health professionals for their advice on natural remedies to consider when a person comes down with either of these illnesses. Here are their recommendations, advice and insight. As always, …

People who drink bottled water may be getting more than just hydration, some researchers claim. A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that each bottle of water can contain hundreds of thousands of nanoplastics, which are tiny particles of plastic below 1 …

People age 65 and older should get two separate vaccines to protect against pneumonia and other infections starting this fall, a change of decades-old advice, according to new health guidelines. An advisory panel to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently recommended that people get a second vaccine, …

Two more healthcare workers have been fired after making controversial comments about the assassination of Turning Point USA founder and CEOCharlie Kirk. In New Orleans, Acadian Ambulance Service announced the termination of an employee for this reason. “We are aware of a recent social media post by one of our …

Human infections from drug-resistant bacteria are spiking in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned. The CDC’s laboratory tests have shown that occurrences of a bacteria called NDM-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (NDM-CRE) have increased dramatically. NDM-CRE belongs to a broader category of bacteria called carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), …