While pet dogs can be loved beyond words, does having them in our lives, only for a limited time, make them even more precious?

Most dog lovers think of their pets as lifelong companions, yet some breeds tend to have much shorter lives than others. Genetics, body size, and inherited diseases can all stack the odds against ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My 28-year-old son is in the hospital. He hasn't been acting like himself for a few weeks (not sleeping nor eating well), and he suddenly had four seizures. The doctors are worried ...

February 22 marks World Encephalitis Day, helping to raise awareness of a disease many don't know about.

A straightforward case of measles is nasty—but the disease’s complications are even worse. One of those complications has been confirmed in the ongoing, record-breaking measles outbreak in South ...

South Carolina health officials are warning of "irreversible" neurological damage in children as measles-related hospitalizations climb in the state. Of the 876 confirmed cases in the state’s upstate ...

Seven days after Cyril Schreiner announced that Albert the pug had been kidnapped, he admitted to his nearly 12 million ...

Tino and Sadie, the two pugs, were let outside to explore the winter wonderland their owner had created just for them in Winnipeg, Canada. The owner had made snowy tunnels covering the yard, forming a ...

Bulldogs and pugs are far from the only dogs frequently suffering from breathing problems, new research shows.

Two breeds stood out for how often they showed problems: Pekingese and Japanese Chin. In the study, only 10.9% of Pekingese and 17.4% of Japanese Chin showed no signs of the condition. That puts them ...

Some children affected by measles in the ongoing South Carolina outbreak have developed a serious complication of the disease called encephalitis, or swelling of the brain, state epidemiologist Linda ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some dogs sprint into the snow like it is their life’s calling. This New York City Pug is… not that dog. In the TikTok video, the ...