Health

A new study seeks to understand why the average body temperature is no longer 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

A growing body of research suggests COVID-19 can cause neurological damage in some patients.

Researchers develop the first objective tool for assessing the onset of cognitive decline through the measurement of white spots in the brain.

Most people believe themselves to be less at risk from COVID-19 than others similar to them, according to a recent UCL survey conducted in the U.S.

Tea and coffee have known health benefits, but now we know they can work together.

Instead of looking forward, we should be consulting the past.

Medicago is growing a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate in a relative of the tobacco plant right now.

New cancer-scanning technology reveals a previously unknown detail of human anatomy.

Your health and the health of the planet are not indistinguishable.

A new study of nurses shows the importance of sleep—and staying aware on the job.

Northwell Health CEO Michael Dowling has an important favor to ask of the American people.

Noise pollution is terrible for our health, yet we don’t discuss it often enough.

There has been a dramatic increase in abuse and misuse.

A series of recent studies found that people with healthy levels of vitamin D were less likely to contract COVID-19 and suffer severe complications from it.

94 percent of men in the study have this mutation, which explains why men are more likely to die.

Andrew Wakefield turned away from science and to the tabloids to spread his fabricated data.

We owe a lot to vaccines and the scientists that develop them. But we’ve only just touched the surface of what vaccines can do.

In fact, the maximum human lifespan has barely changed since we arrived.

“Nothing but naked people: fat ones, thin ones, old, young…”

17th-century outbreaks of plague in Italy reveal both tensions between religious and public health authorities.

New research conducted on mice suggests repeated heavy drinking causes synaptic dysfunctions that lead to anxiety.

This could change how researchers approach vaccine development.

Researchers from the University of Toronto published a new map of cancer cells’ genetic defenses against treatment.

The number of people with dementia is expected to triple by 2060.

A large-scale study from King’s College London explores the link between genetics and sun-seeking behaviors.

An intriguing theory explains animals’ magnetic sense.

The ‘Charleston Loophole’ has likely allowed thousands of guns to end up in the hands of people who would have failed a federal background check.

Stewart is supporting a new bill that aims to extend health care and disability benefits to veterans who served alongside burn pits.

Psychedelics are going mainstream. Here’s your reading list.

Research from Ohio State finds that acetaminophen affects our emotions.