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California is so swamped by the coronavirus pandemic that the state has ordered hospitals with room to accept patients from others that have...

Black and Latinx children are more likely to be evaluated for child abuse and referred to child protective services than their White peers,...

Wound cultures from patients with epidermolysis bullosa were most frequently positive for Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and...

Starting this month, most people with private insurance will no longer have to decide whether they can afford to protect themselves against...

Researchers have identified microplastic fragments in four human placentas donated for study after delivery. Medscape Medical News

Hospitals face the new year with requirements to post price information they have long sought to obscure: the actual prices negotiated with...

For a few days in December, Rhode Island was one of the worst places on the planet when it came to new cases of COVID-19 per capita. Asso...

"So far, I'd say that the results are very encouraging from this study, as we see good safety and continued stability of the hair regrowth i...

"[W]eight loss is associated with a reduction in liver fat, which provides a potential for reversal of disease progression," wrote Zobair M....

Georgia becomes the fifth U.S. state to detect the more-contagious variant, joining New York, Florida, California and Colorado. WebMD Hea...

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False negative results are a particular risk with Curative Inc's COVID-19 test, the FDA says in safety bulletin. News Alerts

Under these stricter criteria, about 30% of the gestational carriers did not meet recommendations, Brett Stark, MD, MPH, reported. Medsca...

AD is associated with other atopic conditions and there is evidence it is associated with some some cancers, cardiovascular disease, and neu...

A Wisconsin pharmacist convinced the world was "crashing down" told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine because...

The U.S. is doing genome sequencing tests on 3,000 samples per week, and the CDC hopes to increase that to about 6,500 samples per week....

New York's governor threatened Monday to fine hospitals up to $100,000 if they don't finish their first round of inoculations by the end of...

Patients with severe COVID-19 were significantly more likely than those with milder cases to have GI symptoms of anorexia and diarrhea, as w...

The researchers examined data from 1,623 patients who underwent 1,874 endoscopic procedures. Medscape Medical News

No maternal viremia, placental infection, or vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 occurred during a biorepository study that included 64 wome...

About 200 cancer patients received an unexpected Christmas present this year when an Arkansas oncologist canceled $650,000 in medical debt....

New York now joins Florida, California and Colorado as the only states to verify a case from the new, more contagious variant. WebMD Heal...

Every time she looked in the mirror, the patient saw her image move and speak independently of her. It issued commands – telling her what to...

Controversy surrounds a proposal to delay the booster dose of COVID-19 vaccination in order to increase the number of people who could get i...

Percutaneous coronary intervention mortality data do not adequately reflect the quality of care delivered by cardiologists who perform this...