Former talk show host Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, her representatives announced in a statement on Thursday. The conditions are the same diagnoses actor Bruce Willis received in 2022; his...

Rigorous safety protocols prevented an outbreak of tuberculosis last year in lab monkeys imported to the United States from spreading to humans, a new report shows. Overall, 26 cynomolgus macaque monkeys flown in from Southeast Asia to...

Falls, frostbite, fractures: They are all potential hazards of icy winter conditions. But experts say there’s a lot you can do to avoid injury when snowflakes fall. First, stay warm. According to the New York City Department...

Some Americans living with diabetes are using smartwatches and smart rings that claim to be able to track their blood sugar. However, such claims from any device that does not pierce the skin are fraudulent and potentially...

THURSDAY. Feb. 22, 2024First Lady Jill Biden on Wednesday announced $100 million in federal funding to fuel research into women’s health. “We will build a health care system that puts women and their lived experiences at its...

Talking about the “good old days” might elicit eye rolls from teenagers, but it could be the key to boosting a preschooler’s language skills, a new study finds. Reminiscing about past events with preschoolers presents young kids...

A deficiency or absence of viable sperm in a man’s semen could spell danger for him and those closely related to him, new research suggests. Cancers are more likely to occur in these men and their families,...

People exposed to high levels of traffic-related air pollution are more likely to have more amyloid plaques in their brain, a condition associated with Alzheimer’s disease, a new study finds. Seniors were nearly twice as likely to...

More than two in every five Americans know someone who’s died from a drug overdose, a new study shows. The study highlights the heavy toll that the U.S. opioid epidemic has taken on the nation, researchers say....

Television has been wryly referred to as the “electronic babysitter,” but a new study argues TV or other media could stunt a child’s language development. Children plopped in front of videos for hours on end tend to...