Researchers offered some hope for parents who fear the presence of nuts around their allergic children.

Nine percent of children allergic to tree nuts, such as almonds and pecans, eventually outgrow their allergy, even those who have had severe reactions, the researchers say

A new proposal for fighting "superbugs" suggests creating antibiotic-free hospitals and using "good" bacteria on surgeons hands.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is untreatable with most antibiotics and can cause potentially deadly complications like pneumonia, bloodstream infections and surgical wound infections

The KFC food chain is airing television commercials to reassure customers that its chicken is safe to eat if there is a bird flu outbreak.

KFC hopes the spots never have to air, but says it's taking no chances with the looming threat to business

Eating foods such as hamburgers and fast-food meals more than twice a week can double the chances of an asthma risk in children, according to new research.

School children who ate hamburgers and fast-food on a regular basis were 75 percent more likely to have asthma and almost 100 percent more likely to suffer wheezing problems, a study of 1,300 school pupils reveals

Nearly half of Americans questioned in a new opinion poll mistakenly believe they can contract bird flu by eating chicken. Forty-seven percent of respondents including nearly half of college graduates agreed with the false statement that eating an infected chicken can result in bird-flu transmission.

The survey sampled 1,007 Americans and was commissioned by the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) and conducted by Opinion Research Corporation