Coretta Scott King's family is optimistic she will make a full recovery from a minor heart attack and a major stroke that impaired her ability to speak and affected her right side.

Says her daughter, Yolanda King, "We are completely assured she will come to a complete recovery

The University of Pennsylvania is training surgeons how to use a new device to treat a type of heart aneurysm that often grows without any symptoms until it bursts, usually with fatal consequences.

The Food and Drug Administration in March approved the stent, which is a flexible tube that comes in a range of lengths and diameters. It can be used for a specific kind of aneurysm that pops out from the aorta -- the body's main artery

Nearly 90 children are dead and dozens of others in serious condition following an outbreak of mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis in a north Indian state over the past week, officials say Thursday

Seventy-nine children are dead and dozens of others in serious condition following an outbreak of mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis in a north Indian state over the past week, officials say Thursday.

Local newspapers report that the death toll could be much higher, as many casualties are going unreported, according to The Associated Press

Scientists in Australia's tropical north are collecting blood from crocodiles in the hope of developing a powerful antibiotic for humans, after tests showed that the reptile's immune system kills the HIV virus, Reuters reports.

The crocodile's immune system is much more powerful than that of humans, preventing life-threatening infections after savage territorial fights which often leave the animals with gaping wounds and missing limbs