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The World Health Organization is recommending that a vaccine against dengue should only be used on people who have previously been infected with the disease....Read More

Prescription opioid dosage volume declined 12 percent in 2017, the largest annual drop in more than 25 years of measurement, according to a report....Read More

This fall’s flu vaccine will be 20 percent effective for the dominant circulating strain of influenza A, the same as shots given the past two years....Read More

People with migraines unable to find relief from standard drug treatment might find success with a new drug....Read More

Low vision and blind people successfully navigated web pages using a traditional screen reader, keyboard and new technology....Read More

A compound from immune cells treats psoriasis in mice and might also be effective in treating multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus....Read More

Researchers have devised a new gene mapping technique that allows medical providers to determine the chemotherapy with the fewest side effects and best success....Read More

About 133.9 million people — roughly one fifth of all Americans — were living in counties with unhealthy levels of ozone or particle pollution from 2014-2016....Read More

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a combination of two immunotherapy drugs, ipilimumab and nivolumab, to treat metastatic kidney cancer....Read More

Staff at the FDA have approved an experimental drug made from a marijuana plant used to treat children with two rare forms of epilepsy....Read More