Health

The majority of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 require mechanical ventilation to help them breathe, according to a study published Tuesday....Read More

Treating high blood pressure may also reduce risk for dementia or cognitive impairment later in life, an analysis published Tuesday by JAMA has found....Read More

African-American and white women share several genetic mutations that increase risk for breast cancer, according to a study published on Tuesday by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute....Read More

Most people hospitalized with severe COVID-19 should recover without lingering mental health effects, an analysis published Monday by The Lancet Psychiatry has found....Read More

Spending on primary care services — including routine doctor visits — is on the rise in the United States, though not at the same rate as hospital care and prescription drugs, an analysis published Monday....Read More

Teenagers with asthma and a history of mental, behavioral or emotional disorders appear to be more prone to vaping-associated lung damage, according to an analysis published Monday by JAMA Pediatrics....Read More

Black people, poor people and those living in densely populated areas are up to four times more likely to test positive for COVID-19, an analysis published Friday by The Lancet has found....Read More

Neighborhoods with high black and Hispanic or Latin populations are more likely to lose healthcare facilities, potentially making it more difficult to access care, a new study has found....Read More

Treatment with the hepatitis drug interferon-alpha-2b might speed recovery for people with COVID-19, a small, “exploratory” study published Friday by the journal Frontiers in Immunology found....Read More

COVID-19 causes at least 10 times more deaths than typical seasonal influenza, according to the authors of an analysis published by JAMA Internal Medicine write....Read More