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Transgender adults who undergo gender-affirming surgery may first begin questioning their biological sex as early as age 7, a new study has found....Read More

Initial trials of a vaccine to protect against COVID-19 started Monday with the first participant being given a dose of the investigational shot, officials with the U.S. National Institutes of Health announced....Read More

Setting goals post-retirement may help protect against cognitive decline, according to a study comparing women who disengaged from careers with those that continued to work....Read More

Estimates of the number of COVID-19 cases, recoveries and deaths in the United States may be affected by the lack of testing capacity, public health experts say....Read More

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reported that doctor visits for influenza were up last week, adding that the coronavirus outbreak may affect people seeking care for flu-like symptoms....Read More

Rising breast cancer rates in the U.S. during the last 40 years have long been linked with women opting to have children later in life, if at all. An analysis published Friday, however, challenges that idea....Read More

People with underlying health conditions or compromised immune systems are at greater risk as the novel coronavirus spreads, but experts say taking steps to improve health could make a big difference....Read More

At least 373 people came in contact with a woman who traveled to China and acquired coronavirus, but only her husband got it. Researchers say this shows exposure to symptomatic patients is the clearest method of...

A growing number of Americans are at high risk for vision loss, according to a study published Thursday showing 93 million adults, or 38 percent of adults in the U.S., have a condition that can affect...

Deaths from cancer continue to decline in the United States, according to a new report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society....Read More