The CDC said Thursday that the mutations, detected in a sample taken from a Louisiana patient, may help bind the virus to the ...

Here we are, on the cusp of the midway point in a decade that has been, in global health and infectious diseases terms, a lot ...

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Retractions are meant to maintain trust in science — but on social media, they're often used to reinforce anti-science bias ...

A repurposed drug reduced exertional desaturation and dyspnea by 62% and 27%, respectively, in patients with Covid-19 pulmonary sequelae, according to a recent Phase 3 study. In patients with ...

One of those experts was Stanley Biber, a pioneer of vaginoplasties in the U.S. and perhaps the country’s busiest ...

Bone marrow transplants, long a mainstay of blood cancer treatments, are becoming less common in favor of options like CAR-T ...

Reports that cows have been infected despite farmers' preventive measures indicate there are multiple routes of transmission ...

After multiple short-term extensions, telehealth providers are eager for Congress to lay out its long-term plans for the ...

The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has sparked extraordinary public interest in the nation’s health insurance ...