Health

Researchers are testing the use of VR and 3D technology to help relieve the phantom limb pains of veterans living with amputations.

The CDC will initially work work with Michigan and Philadelphia to identify communities with low vaccination rates and begin testing sewage the in those areas.

Sexually transmitted infections are surging nationwide — with reported cases of gonorrhea and syphilis increasing 10% and 7%, respectively, from 2019 to 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Public health nurses in Linn County, Iowa, find that the telephone call, a traditional method of contact tracing, no longer works well so they’ve turned to dating apps to...

New data shows an experimental Alzheimer’s drug modestly slowed the brain disease’s inevitable worsening. The next question is how much difference that might make in people’s lives.

Flu has hit unusually hard and early this season, putting pressure on emergency departments across the nation.

Millions of children were now susceptible to measles, among the world’s most contagious diseases, according to a new report.

We’re only beginning to reckon with the true physical and psychological tolls of the pandemic. But there are still reasons to be hopeful, experts say.

Critical shortages of the ADHD drug Adderall and the antibiotic amoxicillin have left families reeling as the medicines their loved ones need become harder to find.

The CDC, in a report published Wednesday, found that about 51% of abortions in 2020 were performed with the pill at or before the ninth week of pregnancy.

“It’s almost like I got to hug my daughter again,” the mother said.

The actor says he is taking “a good chunk of time off” from work to spend with his family.

Infants 6 months and younger are getting hospitalized with RSV at seven times the rate observed before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to CDC data.

“I am still physically active,” said the former first lady, “and my goal now, instead of having ‘Michelle Obama arms,’ I just want to keep moving.”

In a video that has been seen more than 648,000 times, life coach Marcie Whalen explains why she’s teaching her daughters about strange behaviors rather than stranger danger.

The biggest “sleep killer” isn’t scrolling on social media or a bad mattress, says cognitive behavioral psychologist Aric Pratheår — it’s rumination. He shares two easy ways to fix it and start improving your sleep.

The actress urged women to “get a second opinion” because “it can save your life.”

Najla Brannin was always keen on her dream to become an Olympic artistic swimmer. Despite being faced with a stage-three cancer diagnosis in 2021, she got back into the water.

An unwelcome guest is making its return to offices: the common cold.

Strange as it sounds, the lighter-than-air element that gives balloons their buoyancy also powers the vital medical diagnostic machines. An MRI can’t function without some 2,000 liters of ultra-cold liquid helium keeping its magnets cool enough to work.

The patient, who is in her 70s, has been wearing contact lenses for 30 years.