Adult characters with autism move into the TV spotlight. After decades of portrayals of autism being focused on kids, new TV series are including the lives of adults on the spectrum in their storylines. Read more Could...

Patients who test positive for COVID-19 can now get the antiviral pill Paxlovid directly from their pharmacists, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. The action removes limits that had restricted prescribing authority to health care...

Getting a blood cancer diagnosis is devastating for young people, but it is also far more deadly if the patient is Black, new research shows. The new study, which looked at outcomes for patients with acute myeloid...

Breast cancer survivors who would like to have a baby can take some reassurance from a new study that finds motherhood doesn’t lower their future survival chances. Moreover, survival rates were no worse in younger women, those...

An array of problems, including overcrowding, led to a surge of COVID-19 cases in California prisons in 2020-2021, a new report details. Preventing outbreaks in the future will require a comprehensive list of fixes, from reducing overcrowding...

Can someone really die of a broken heart? If that person has serious heart disease, new Swedish research suggests the answer may well be yes. After analyzing almost three decades worth of data on nearly half a...

An experimental drug used to fight cancer may reduce the risk of death for COVID-19 patients by roughly 55%, a new study suggests. The drug, sabizabulin, has been found effective in aiding severely ill COVID-19 patients, more...

The U.S. COVID-19 vaccination program slashed the coronavirus’ expected death rate by as much as 58%, saving hundreds of thousands of lives during the first two waves of the pandemic, a new study says. Computer models estimate...

WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — DeAnn Bartram was 16 when her father felt like he had a virus he couldn’t shake. Doctors said he had cardiomyopathy, a condition where the heart muscle can...

Vitamin D supplements are often touted for their health benefits, from boosting the immune system to guarding against cancer. But as one British man found out, it is possible to get too much of a good thing....