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"While this variant is thought to be more transmissible than the initial strain of the virus that causes COVID-19 disease, it is not yet kno...

The 56-year-old woman traveled in Spain and the Netherlands late last year and passed through Singapore before arriving Dec. 30 in New Zeala...

The study analyzed deaths in 787 U.S. counties that had more than 20 COVID fatalities from Feb. 1 to Oct. 17, 2020. Georgia accounted for mo...

Exposure to Agent Orange was associated with a nearly twofold increased risk for dementia in Vietnam veterans, and with earlier onset of sym...

The effort to snuff out COVID-19 is becoming an ever more urgent race between the vaccine and the mutating virus. Associated Press

The incidence of thyroid cancer among children and adolescents around the world mimics the patterns in adults, which are attributed to an "e...

Two emergency medical technicians, the patient, the gurney, and an unseen and unwelcome passenger lurking in the air. Associated Press

As hospitals nationwide struggle with the latest COVID-19 surge, it's not so much beds or ventilators in short supply. It's the people to ca...

In a recent international survey, dermatologists both in the United States and abroad acknowledged major gaps in their competence to provide...

'[E]ven after more than 30 years of experience in H. pylori treatment, the ideal regimen to treat this infection remains undefined,' the inv...

High cortisol levels due to social anxiety and chronic stress proposed as a mechanism. Medscape Medical News

An investigational elastography technique for evaluating thyroid nodules uses an ultrasound device held to the throat while an individual vo...

The demand for cancer surgery will soar, along with a demand for surgeons and anesthesists, but perioperative care needs to improve, particu...

A new study shows that, like patients with active cancer, even patients with cancer that is in remission are at increased risk for severe CO...

These products are often essential for the treatment of pancreatic cancer, but out-of-pocket costs for a 30-day supply on Medicare can reac...

President Joseph R. Biden has overturned the ban on transgender people serving in the US military ordering that it must accept all Americans...

Potent anti-HIV therapy has been accompanied by a shift in the profile of HIV-related brain abnormalities beyond the basal ganglia, frequent...

A systematic review of 61 SARS-CoV-2 studies estimates the prevalence of asymptomatic infections. Medscape Medical News

Some supposed 'myocarditis' detected by MRI after COVID-19 in university varsity competitors might really be normal heart muscle -- normal f...

In the longest follow-up so far reported, 65% of patients with MS had experienced no worsening of disability at 10 years. Better results wer...

Mental health is important to the heart and overall health, the American Heart Association says in a new statement encouraging providers to...

The push that began over a week ago has not been accompanied by enough doses to meet demand, according to state and local officials, leading...

In March 2020, an article in The Conversation used the study's findings to argue that kids should reduce their television intake during the...

In the coming weeks, CDC officials and state vaccine sites will be focused on fixing supply issues, having enough second doses, and ramping...

An Associated Press analysis of federal hospital data shows that since November, the share of U.S. hospitals nearing the breaking point has...