Health

The Department of Veterans Affairs is partnering with the National Institutes of Health to better understand the effects of Gulf War illness....Read More

Poverty is the fourth-largest cause of death in the United States, behind only heart disease, cancer and smoking, according to a new analysis released Monday by the University of California at Riverside....Read More

The risk of recurrence of deadly skin cancer reduced by 44% when patients were treated with a mRNA vaccine developed by Moderna and Merck & Co.’s immunotherapy Keytruda drug, according to a new study....Read More

While racial disparities in healthcare have long been documented, a new study reveals that 71% of Black cancer patients are more likely to experience heart damage after chemotherapy than White patients....Read More

A new study examining the effectiveness of the new Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine determined it is highly effective in reducing hospitalizations and deaths....Read More

People with mild cognitive impairment who think positively about aging are more likely to recover memory than those who think negatively, according to a new study produced by the Yale School of Public Health....Read More

Sexually transmitted infections hit a record high in 2021, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....Read More

A new report, released by the University of Pittsburgh, found smoking mint-flavored e-cigarettes is associated with poorer lung function compared to menthol-free vaping....Read More

The Justice Department and pharmaceutical company Danco Laboratories have requested an appeals court block a federal judge’s ruling that would suspend the approval of mifepristone, a widely used abortion pill....Read More

New York City residents saw a significant drop in life expectancy during 2020 according to newly released health data. which experts believe is connected to COVID-19 deaths,...Read More