Health

A common parasite people get from contaminated water and undercooked meat may be associated with rare brain cancers, researchers reported Monday.…

As Ashlyn Atigre prepared to take her healthy son to the pediatrician for his 3-year-old well visit recently, a nagging concern was on her mind.…

Smoking weed may expose you to the same type of toxic chemicals found in tobacco smoke, a new study finds. People who only smoked marijuana had…

Midway through his mission to learn chess, Tom Vanderbilt found himself facing off against an 8-year-old child. Vanderbilt had a successful writing…

As part of the hunt for new coronavirus variants, an international database shows the United States ranks 61st in how quickly virus samples are…

In some hospitals, health centers and pharmacies in the United States, there are vials of Covid-19 vaccines that aren’t making it into arms.…

After the first coronavirus case was reported in the United States in early 2020, it took about 90 days to reach 2 million cases. Bu just nine days…

On the heels of the country’s deadliest week since the Covid-19 pandemic’s start, state officials are warning of more alarming patterns…

Men and women who endorse “hegemonic masculinity” — an idealized form of manhood where White, heterosexual men have power, status…

As the US looks for ways to speed the administration of Covid-19 vaccines, some states and providers are pulling in non-traditional vaccinators,…

Identical twins may not be quite as identical as we thought; researchers in Iceland have discovered genetic differences that begin at the early…

The attack on the US Capitol on Wednesday has left parents wondering how to talk to their kids about what happened. How much should they see of the…

Pediatricians like us have seen it over and over again in the last few months — kids who have put on 5, sometimes 10, at times even 20 pounds…

Counties where large colleges and universities opened for in-person classes in the fall suffered a significant rise in the incidence of Covid-19,…

The usual New Year’s resolutions — exercise more, spend less time doomscrolling on social media and more time reading, go to bed earlier…

While socializing and dating in person may have mostly fizzled this past year, as could be expected in a pandemic, in some cases it’s…

Only 29 people have experienced severe allergic reactions to the coronavirus vaccine, making it a rare outcome, the US Centers for Disease Control…

The discovery of important new coronavirus variants in the UK and South Africa began with a bet of a bottle of wine. In mid-November, Tulio de…

There is no denying that 2020 has hampered activity levels. Between the Zoom meetings, Netflix binges and virtual cocktail hours, increased sitting…

This year will be marked as a year of continued uncertainty, anxiety and — if you’re like many people — a lot of stress-related…

Houston Methodist, a Texas hospital system with more than 26,000 employees, is offering a $500 bonus to workers if they get vaccinated against the…

Lourdes Pelaez-Kingery was recovering from appendix surgery when she got the phone call that parents of college-age kids have come to dread in this…

Covid-19 was likely the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2020, according to statisticians at the US Centers for Disease Control…

Motivating kids to do schoolwork was hard enough in pre-pandemic times. No matter how skilled the teacher, and how clever the lesson plans, most kids…

What do you need for a meaningful life? Even as 2020 strained communities around the world, it offered some object lessons in living well. In the…

The gold medal for best 2021 diet went to the Mediterranean diet for the fourth year in a row, according to rankings announced Monday by U.S. News…

Motivating kids to do schoolwork was hard enough in pre-pandemic times. No matter how skilled the teacher, and how clever the lesson plans, most kids…

What do you need for a meaningful life? Even as 2020 strained communities around the world, it offered some object lessons in living well. In the…