LONDON - Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials — a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China. (MORE: Natural Disasters Uproot Millions) Last week, the coronavirus related to SARS spread to France, where one patient who probably caught the disease in Dubai infected his hospital roommate. Officials are now trying to track down everyone who went on a tour group holiday to...

A vaccine for Lyme disease could be on the way, following a successful phase 1/2 clinical trial, researchers from the Stony Brook University School of Medicine and Brookhaven National Laboratory reported in the online journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases. MORE FROM WEATHER.COM: 6 Deadly Summer Diseases In the trial, the vaccine was well tolerated by 300 people, who received three primary immunizations and one booster shot. Participants demonstrated only mild adverse reactions to the vaccine. No vaccine-related serious health events...

Summer swimsuit season is just around the corner, and we have bad news: Many of the most popular meals at your favorite restaurants contain more calories per dish than you should eat in an entire day, a new Tufts University analysis published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine found. In the study, researchers analyzed 157 full meals, including side dishes, from 33 individual or small-chain restaurants in the Boston area. Using the bomb calorimetry method, they calculated calorie counts for...