Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for teachers now has the support of the United States’ largest teachers’ union. “It is clear that the vaccination of those eligible is one of the most effective ways to keep schools safe,” Becky...

The drug Xywav has been approved for expanded use in adults with a rare sleep disorder called idiopathic hypersomnia, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. The drug has a checkered history: In the 1960s, it...

Everyone knows that your metabolism peaks in your teenage years, when you’re fit and active and feeling your oats. And everyone knows that a person’s metabolism slows down in middle age, as bodies start to expand and...

As legal use of marijuana expands, experts say U.S. cancer patients are still far less likely to use it than the general population. That’s the key finding from a new study based on data on smoking habits...

Here’s an unexpected benefit from wearing a mask during the pandemic: It may also reduce fall allergy symptoms, one expert says. “Masks that people use for protection from COVID-19, particularly those that filter out more particles like...

Uncontrolled asthma increases the risk of severe COVID-19, researchers warn. “This study … focused on how COVID-19 outcomes might change for asthma patients depending on their level of asthma control,” said study author Anny Xiang, a senior...

Black American liver transplant recipients have a lower survival rate than Hispanic or white patients, and a new study suggests that alcohol-related liver disease and insurance coverage are key reasons. “Our findings are a huge wake-up call...

Young Americans from low-income homes are more likely than those whose families are better off to be unhappy with the way they look and to have an eating disorder, a new study finds. University of Minnesota researchers...

COVID-19 vaccination will be required for all U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) employees who deal with patients, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra announced Thursday. The order will affect more than 25,000 clinicians, researchers, contractors, trainees and volunteers...

Older adults who take certain diabetes drugs may see a slower decline in their memory and thinking skills, a new study suggests. Researchers in South Korea found that among older people who’d been having memory issues, those...