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Middle-aged men who worry more or are prone to feeling overwhelmed developed more high-risk factors for heart disease, stroke and Type 2 diabetes earlier in life, according to a published study

For the first time in weeks, new daily COVID-19 cases in the U.S. were reported below the 500,000 mark.

More Americans are using melatonin to get to sleep, according to a team of international researchers. The supplements may help with certain conditions like some sleep disorders.

A Pennsylvania physician has filed a lawsuit against his foot doctor alleging medical malpractice after he was forced to have his right leg amputated.

Hospitalizations in several states across the U.S. are reportedly declining, as the omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to drive the daily American death toll up.

The city of San Francisco is facilitating residents who received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to receive a Pfizer booster shot.

COVID-19 patients may not need to wait long after being infected to know if they will develop post-acute COVID-19 syndrome, according to a paper published this week in Nature Communications.

More than a third of COVID-19 survivors will develop long COVID problems. Now, with omicron sweeping across the globe, scientists are racing to pinpoint the cause of the debilitating condition and find treatments before a potential explosion in long COVID cases.

California Democrats must decide Monday whether to advance a bill that would make the government pay for everybody’s health care in the nation’s most populous state.

Oxford University is seeking volunteers for the world’s first medical trial that deliberately exposes participants to the original strain of the COVID-19 virus to evaluate how their immune response responds to the virus,

Hannah Setzer was born with a rare disorder survived at least 60 reconstructive surgeries to now become a passionate fitness instructor with over 65,000 followers on Instagram

There are now at least 127 known cases of the subvariant BA.2 circulating in almost half of the United States that international experts suggest is more contagious as omicron,

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said this week that third shots of coronavirus vaccines significantly reduced the risk that people who are immunocompromised would be hospitalized due to COVID-19.

The consumption of alcohol is a direct cause of several kinds of cancer, according to researchers.

BA.2 earned the name the “stealth variant” because it’s harder to distinguish from other variants on the PCR tests

Younger adults may have the highest risk of presenting with distant-stage colorectal cancer, according to researchers. A distant-stage cancer is one that has spread beyond adjacent organs or tissues.

Two Northeast states reported cases of the omicron subvariant BA.2 this week.

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At least 14.5 million Americans are getting private health insurance for this year under the Obama-era health law, thanks to help from the Biden administration.

The CDC says the best way to prevent infection and slow the spread of COVID-19 is to get vaccinated, but the total number of breakthrough cases are unknown because the agency only monitors the most severe on a monthly basis