Health

South Africa is slowly emerging from one of the world’s strictest Covid-19 lockdowns. As the threat of the pandemic loomed in March its…

Up until this point in our series, we’ve focused on creating and maintaining an effective exercise program. In Part I, we covered how to get…

Ten years ago, Easton LaChappelle was a teen watching YouTube videos in his Colorado bedroom on how to build robot arms from LEGOs. Today, he’s…

When a coronavirus vaccine comes on the market, people will likely need two doses, not just one — and that could cause real problems. Some of…

A return to campus for the new academic year has colleges and universities struggling to both contain outbreaks of Covid-19 and enforce policies…

Children can carry coronavirus in their noses and throats for weeks even if they don’t show any symptoms, which might explain how the virus can…

After Stacy Selby’s mother died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 2010, Selby’s entire world crashed to pieces. At 29 years old,…

In an interview with the Financial Times, US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn said the agency could consider emergency use…

Cases of colon and rectal cancer are on the rise in young adults — and the median age of patients diagnosed is getting lower. Colorectal cancer…

Police shot Jacob Blake in front of his children, family attorneys say, and the effects of witnessing such violence could be profound for years. What…

A 25-year-old Nevada man appears to be the first documented case of Covid-19 reinfection in the United States. Genetic tests indicate the patient was…

Companies testing Covid-19 vaccines should know by the end of the year whether any can protect people from the virus, federal officials say.…

The coronavirus pandemic has had an especially harsh impact on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities — and they need special…

When wildfires rage, hurricanes bear down, flood waters rise and that big earthquake finally strikes, it’s critical that you and your family…

Severe illness and death remain rare in children with Covid-19, a new study suggests, while disparities do appear in kids who may require critical…