It’s well known that some viruses make the leap from animals to humans, but a new study shows the influenza strain responsible for the 2009 H1N1 pandemic has been particularly prolific in hopping between species. That strain,...

The Biden administration on Thursday launched a new research program aimed at helping doctors to better distinguish cancer cells from healthy tissue during surgery. The program will fall under the purview of the Advanced Research Projects Agency...

Tick bites can cause crippling infections like Lyme disease in humans, but new research suggests they can also trigger a serious meat allergy in far more Americans than thought. Called alpha-gal syndrome, the condition may affect hundreds...

For years, older adults took a baby aspirin a day to help ward off a first-time heart attack or stroke. Now yet another study is showing the risks are not worth it for most. Specifically, researchers found...

Airlines will now be required to make bathrooms on their planes more accessible for the disabled, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Wednesday. The new rule, authorized under the Air Carrier Access Act, requires airlines to make...

THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Late one evening, Dawn Berry took a call from her grandmother’s nursing home. Her grandmother had been found unresponsive in bed. What should they do? Dawn, who was...

In recent years, the legalization of both medical and recreational marijuana has become the new normal across much of North America. The problem: New research finds that as legalization has spread, so have cases of cannabis poisoning....

Americans in ethnic and racial minority groups are underrepresented in Alzheimer’s research, a new study finds. Still, the review of U.S.-based Alzheimer’s disease brain imaging studies found the gap is closing. Compared with white patients, Hispanic Americans...

(HealthDay News) – – Asian adults in the United States who suffer cardiac arrest are less likely to survive than white adults, even when given bystander CPR, a new study finds. Asian adults have similar rates of...

While the record-breaking heat the United States is experiencing this summer can stress people to their limits, it can be particularly hard to navigate for those with mental health issues. “All mental illnesses increase with heat because...