Ransomware attack leads Southern blood center urgently searching for donors

A ransomware attack has left one of the Southeast's major blood centers urgently calling for donors to help the hundreds of hospitals the center normally serves.

Pets can smell your stress, study finds

A new study reveals that dogs can detect human stress through their sense of smell, reacting emotionally to higher levels of the hormone cortisol in sweat.

Study: Wildfire smoke may be worse for your brain than other air pollution

Research shows wildfire smoke significantly raises dementia risk, with a 21% increase per 1 microgram of PM2.5, compared to other air pollution.

Tongue-tie in babies may be overdiagnosed and needlessly treated, AAP says

A new report by the American Academy of Pediatrics reveals that tongue-tie may be overdiagnosed in the U.S. and too often treated with unnecessary surgery.

New research looks at link between human stress and dog moods

New research indicates that dogs can smell when a person is under stress, and this stress also affects the dogs' mood.

Harvey Weinstein hospitalized with COVID-19, pneumonia

Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID-19 and double pneumonia, according to multiple reports. 

CDC officials warning about rising dengue fever cases in Georgia

A record number of cases of dengue fever has been reported worldwide, and the CDC says the number is growing in Georgia.

15 elderly victims rescued from 'house of horrors,' Clayton County man charged

Police in Clayton County are investigating an unlicensed care home after it was discovered that a man had been keeping 15 adults in deplorable conditions.

Heart Attack Ethiopia: Medical duo part of team saving lives in their home country

Two doctors from metro Atlanta are leading a cardiac care team to their home country of Ethiopia in hopes of improving heart health as well as delivering over a million dollars in medical supplies. 

FDA pushes back deadline again to ban formaldehyde in hair products

Chemical hair straighteners or "relaxers" are applied to hair to make it less frizzy or straighter. But most of these products release formaldehyde gas into the air when heated.

Deadly listeria outbreak linked to deli meat: Here's what to know

The CDC reported last week that two people died and at least 28 others were hospitalized across 12 states because of a listeria outbreak connected to deli meat.

Pig hearts and kidneys: Barns may be future of organ transplantation

Some of the world's cleanest pigs are being raised in the Virginia mountains to supply kidneys and hearts for animal-to-human organ transplants.