China's official news agency Xinhua reports a mysterious disease has killed 17 farmers in southwestern China. 41 more are been hospitalized.

Preliminary investigations reveal the victims became infected after butchering sick pigs or sheep. Xinhua also says those affected have developed symptoms like high fever, fatigue, nausea and vomiting

At least nine people have died of a mysterious disease in a southern Chinese city.

Those who have died have developed fever-like symptoms, vomiting and internal bleeding. According to media reports the disease is apparently linked with pig farming

A teenage girl who was hospitalized 200 times after her mother made her believe she was gravely ill, asks a judge to allow visits from her.

Jennifer Bush's attorney tells a judge her client is ready to move on and see her mother, while her mother's attorney says the elder Bush would also like to reunite with her daughter

A mother was charged with two counts of murder in the beating deaths of her two sons. Police say Magdalena Lopez, 30, beat the boys with a 10-pound dumbbell because she believed they would be better off in heaven.

Lopez was arrested Tuesday night after police responded to her 911 call and found 9-year-old Antonio Lopez and 2-year-old Erik Lopez dead in separate rooms of their home

A mother was charged with two counts of murder in the beating deaths of her two sons. Police say Magdalena Lopez, 30, beat the boys with a 10-pound dumbbell because she believed they would be better off in heaven.

Lopez was arrested Tuesday night after police responded to her 911 call and found 9-year-old Antonio Lopez and 2-year-old Erik Lopez dead in separate rooms of their home