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The cause remains under investigation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A blood test may predict if apparently healthy older adults are likely to develop Alzheimer’s symptoms in the next five or 10 years, researchers reported Wednesday. That information could be reassuring or terrifying, but for now it's a potential tool to speed drug development by helping to identify and enroll high-risk people...

Thousands of cases have been confirmed across the U.S., but it's likely the true number of people who have fallen ill is even higher.

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oreg.) on Monday asked the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) to investigate whether Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. violated the Hatch Act last month when he spoke with two candidates running for congressional office. In a letter to Acting Special Counsel Jamieson Greer, Wyden requested that he "immediately...

If you're unlucky enough to ingest a contaminated food, you may get stuck with weeks of watery diarrhea as well as "frequent and sometimes explosive bowel movements," according to the CDC.