Nearly 6 in 10 U.S. parents say their children don’t get enough sleep on school nights, an American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) survey finds. It included more than 1,000 parents across the country with children between...

Dealing with acne can be especially difficult for people of color, a skin expert says. Acne affects up to 50 million people in the United States each year. For people of color, acne is often accompanied by...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday, the court announced. The cause was complications from pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg was 87. First appointed to the court in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, Ginsburg was the...

People with addiction disorders are at greater risk for COVID-19 and more likely to become seriously ill if infected, a new study finds. The researchers analyzed non-identifiable electronic health records of more than 73 million patients in...

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown a spotlight on disparities in the U.S. health care system. But the issues are longstanding, and — as one large study illustrates — extend into a common elective surgery. Researchers found that...

FRIDAY, Sept. 18, 2020 (Healthday News) — New details surfaced on Thursday on an unexplained neurological condition that struck a volunteer who was participating in AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine trial. In an internal safety report obtained by CNN,...

Controversial COVID Testing Guidelines Posted on CDC Website Without Scientific Review Warning About Potentially Deadly Mosquito-Borne Virus in Michigan Moderna May Know by November Whether Coronavirus Vaccine is Effective Trump-Appointed HHS Spokesman Taking Leave of Absence

There are “substantial” rates of coronavirus infection in dogs and cats whose owners have COVID-19, new research shows. The researchers also found that, in several cases, infected pets had COVID-like respiratory symptoms at the time their owners...

Timely rehabilitation is crucial for stroke survivors, but some may not be receiving it due to the coronavirus pandemic, experts say. Rehabilitation can help the 795,000 stroke survivors in the United States achieve the best possible recovery,...

Transplants of organs from dead donors haven’t slowed during the coronavirus pandemic, but living donor transplants remain suspended in many places, an expert says. Dr. Fauzia Butt, a transplant surgeon at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey...