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In the U.S., tap water is generally safe and not a likely source of brain-eating-amoeba infections, experts told Live Science.

A now-retired doctor in Texas describes his experience treating a child with a brain-eating amoeba infection.

Doctors are pulling out new techniques and drugs in an effort to cure devastating brain infections.

Recent research has drawn a link between anxiety, depression and an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis.

Eight years ago, the International Space Station detected weird antimatter particles that challenge our entire understanding of physics. Now, researchers have proposed that mysterious cosmic "fireballs" could help explain the detection.

Grave goods found in 63 burials from ancient Egypt include gold foil figures, pottery and bronze coins.

New photos show a young giraffe with an extremely deformed neck in Kruger National Park. The animal may have survived a broken neck or could have a severe case of an illness that also affects humans.

Ultraprocessed foods have been tied to various health risks — but what are they, exactly?

What's the secret to Homo sapiens' success as a species?

Animals are disappearing too fast for researchers to record all of the extinctions we've caused.

New theoretical research finds that it's impossible to form a black hole with the energy of light particles alone, poking a hole in Einstein's theory of general relativity.