People battling advanced colon cancers might have a new treatment option that could extend their survival, a new trial finds. A combination of two experimental immunotherapy drugs plus standard chemotherapy led to a median 19.7 month survival...

Following two years of tough negotiations, efforts to craft a global treaty to help countries fight future pandemics have failed, the World Health Organization has acknowledged. “WHO Member States have ended intensive negotiations aimed at strengthening global...

Prior studies have suggested that binge eating disorder may not last long, but a more rigorous look at the illness finds that just isn’t so. “The big takeaway is that binge-eating disorder does improve with time, but...

TUESDAY, May 28 — Bird flu virus has been detected in beef tissue from a sick dairy cow, but U.S. health officials stressed the country’s meat supply remains safe. In an update issued Friday, the U.S. Department...

An experimental mRNA vaccine against the H5N1 avian flu is highly effective in preventing severe illness and death in lab animals, researchers report. The vaccine could help fight the H5N1 bird flu outbreaks now spreading in wild...

New AI headphone technology can help people “tune in” to specific folks in a crowd, allowing them to better hear a speaker even in noisy environments. With the system, called “Target Speech Hearing,” a user wearing headphones...

A small urban garden can contribute to your health, especially if the garden contains rich soil, a new study shows. A one-month indoor gardening period increased the bacterial diversity of participants’ skin and appeared to improve their...

Weighted blankets are trendy items, largely based on the idea that the pressure of a heavy blanket will help a person more easily slip into slumber. But they do little to help troubled children sleep better, a...

An older drug used in a new way could open the path for more patients with potentially deadly blood cancers to receive a lifesaving stem cell transplant, a new study finds. The drug, cyclophosphamide, could help patients...

Backyard chickens are causing outbreaks of salmonella across the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns. About 109 people in 29 states have gotten sick from salmonella after touching or caring for backyard...