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Researchers say a newly developed vaccine may protect people against the Chikungunya virus. The mosquito-borne illness, which causes severe joint pain, headache, and fever, has spread to the United States over the past year.

Star Trek Into Darkness actress Alice Eve has got engaged to boyfriend Alex Cowper-Smith. A representative for Eve confirmed that she has accepted a wedding proposal from her financier beau, reports People.

Exposure to certain chemicals commonly found in plastics and other products is associated with lower levels of testosterone in men, women and children, a new study says.

A man from Saudi Arabia who suffered from regular nosebleeds was recently found to have an extra tooth growing in his nose – a rare but not unheard of medical phenomenon.

A Jet Airways plane with 280 passengers on board plunged 5,000ft while the captain was allegedly asleep and the first officer was checking a tablet computer, officials and news reports said yesterday.

If you’ve experienced problems with your internet connection recently, chances are you’re not alone. Recent reports suggest the system that routers use to share the map of the internet with one another has grown too large for some older routers to handle — which could result in poor connectivity.

Healthy men participating in the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial who actively participate in all steps of the clinical trial are most likely to undergo a biopsy, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention – a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Seth Mazzaglia was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday for the murder and rape of Elizabeth “Lizzi” Marriott, after hearing victim impact statements from 13 of Marriott’s family members and friends.

The wife of Robin Williams, who took his own life on Monday, says the actor/comedian was sober at the time of death, but suffering from the early stages of Parkinson’s disease, a progressive and debilitating neuromuscular condition.

Arlene Martel, who Star Trek fans will remember for playing Spock’s Vulcan bride, T’Pring in “Amok Time,” died on Tuesday, August 12, 2014. She was 78. Martel’s friend Marc Cushman, author of These Are The Voyages, confirmed the news via the book’s Facebook page. The post notes that Martel recently suffered a heart attack.

Aspirin could help breast cancer patients reduce their risk of recurrence. That’s according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Texas in Austin and published in ‘Cancer Research’