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Engaging in 30 to 60 minutes of muscle strengthening activity a week can reduce the risk for death from heart disease, diabetes, cancer and other causes by up to 20%, an analysis says....Read More

Older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias had higher rates of death during the COVID-19 pandemic than in previous years, a study published Monday by JAMA Neurology found....Read More

A new data analysis tool developed by researchers at Yale University has identified specific immune cell types that can be used to spot people at increased risk for death from COVID-19, they said in Nature Biotechnology....Read More

A pair of comprehensive, unpublished studies released Saturday indicate that COVID-19 originated at a market in Wuhan, China, countering claims that the virus leaked from a nearby virology lab....Read More

Drugs used to treat diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, hepatitis C and HIV may stop the Delta variant of COVID-19 from replicating in, or infecting and spreading in, human cells....Read More

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Johnson & Johnson, and major drug distributors announced Friday, they will collectively move forward with a $26 billion settlement in lawsuits filed against them over the opioid crisis....Read More

Although teens’ risk for a side effect of the COVID-19 vaccine that causes potentially dangerous heart inflammation remains low, changes to dosing and the administration schedule could reduce them further....Read More

For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved condoms specifically indicated for anal intercourse, an authorization long sought by sexual health experts because of increased risk for spreading STDs....Read More

Researchers believe they may have evidence that human beings’ lives literally “flash before their eyes,” as the old saying goes, as they die....Read More

People given a COVID-19 vaccine are not at higher-than-normal risk for developing sudden hearing loss, a study published Thursday by JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery found....Read More