New appointments also made to lead the NIH and as Commissioner of Food and Drugs at the FDA

Federal cuts to funding could “decimate” medical research in the United States, delaying cures and costing countless lives, according to a leader in cancer research. There’s been an overall freeze in funding from the National Institutes of...

Severe and possibly deadly strep infections are on the rise in the U.S., a study published Monday in Journal of the American Medical Association said. The rate of invasive group A strep infections more than doubled from...

More than 212,000 pounds of liquid egg substitutes have been recalled because they may be contaminated with a cleaning solution that contains bleach. Cargill Kitchen Solutions, based in Lake Odessa, Mich., recalled the products after discovering they...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he will tell the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water across the country. He also announced plans to form a...

Pregnancy might offer women some protection from developing long COVID, a new study says. Women infected with COVID-19 during pregnancy were 14% to 30% less likely to develop lasting symptoms from their illness, researchers reported recently in...

A non-intoxicating extract of cannabis appears to help children and teenagers with autism, a new study says. Cannabidiol (CBD) enhanced social responsiveness, reduced disruptive behavior and alleviated anxiety among kids with autism, researchers reported today at the...

Medicare Advantage plans are squeezing billions out of the federal government by billing more for patient care, a new study says. Medicare Advantage plans received an extra $33 billion in revenue from the feds in 2021 due...

Cough? Sore throat? UTI? Eye infection? Artificial intelligence (AI) might one day be seeing you for these sorts of conditions, a new study says. AI programs appear to outperform human doctors when it comes to urgent care,...

Tuberculosis (TB) might seem like a disease from days gone by, but a new study suggests the COVID pandemic might have given the infectious menace a new foothold. Most modern-day TB cases happen in prisons, where inmates...