Andre Rives no longer mows his own lawn and it's not because he's too busy. The thought of cutting his grass brings back some bad memories. Rives is one of 100,000 people in the United States in 2006 who suffered an injury in a lawn mower accident. He lost three toes. The American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons, which tracked the statistics, said the problem is more common than people think.

Federal health officials are checking into the possibility that an outbreak of salmonella-caused illness originally linked to tomatoes may instead be linked to something else, they said Friday.

Bud Offermann's targets are invisible contaminants, like dust mites, mold spores, or volatile organic compounds, that homeowners worry might be damaging their health.

Certain foods play well with others, while others lose strength in pairs. Here's what to foods to mix and which to nix, from energy drinks to spinach.

A three-year initiative will seek to give HIV tests to everyone in the Bronx from age 18 to 64, the New York City Department of Health announced Thursday.
