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Researchers found that black people experienced “significantly faster declines” in global cognition and memory compared to white people. These declines occurred even faster as blood pressure rose....Read More

Commercially available blood pressure monitors — used by many people with hypertension and other heart problems — may not give accurate readings, a new analysis in Australia has revealed....Read More

New York and New Jersey may be bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic so far, but new figures released by the CDC suggest that could change — where it strikes next may be determined by...

Visits to doctors’ offices, clinics and hospitals by people with flu-like symptoms across the country declined for the first time in three weeks, according to a new CDC report indicating that flu season is nearly over....Read More

People with severe COVID-19 may experience neurological symptoms, including confusion, delirium and muscle pain, and could be at higher risk for a stroke, a new study out of Wuhan, China has suggested....Read More

The CDC is now recommending that virtually all American adults undergo screening for hepatitis C, citing data that shows the number of U.S. cases of the disease have tripled since 2009....Read More

Researchers this week began experimenting with use of a tuberculosis vaccine in the fight against COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, but a viable shot is still likely months away....Read More

Nearly half of all cannabis users experience some level of withdrawal when they stop taking the drug, a new analysis has found....Read More

Since COVID-19 started spreading in the United States, a debate has raged on whether the general public should wear masks — and until recently, the answer was no....Read More

China’s aggressive — some would call them “Draconian” — control measures appear to have stopped the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in areas outside Hubei province, the epicenter of the global pandemic....Read More