Los Angeles County is maintaining a high Covid-19 community level, which means a universal indoor masking mandate could be enacted as soon as next week, health officials say.
A one-time novel gene therapy can reduce the risk of excessive bleeding in people with the bleeding disorder hemophilia B, who typically would need repeat therapies to reduce their risk, according to results from a Phase 1-2 trial.
For the first time in a decade, a US citizen has been diagnosed with polio, a disease that once devasted communities around the world. Here's what you need to know about the signs, symptoms and dangers of this highly contagious virus.
Not 24 hours after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month, ending the right to an abortion in the United States, Myisha Malone-King got a call from her insurance company. It said that the medication she takes for a condition totally unrelated to abortion would no longer be available to her.
Injected vaccines against the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 have been hugely successful, saving nearly 20 million lives globally in their first year of use and slashing the pandemic's death toll by an estimated 63%, according to a recent study. Yet good as these shots are, they have not stopped the virus from spreading from person to person.
Backyard barbecues, summer weddings and overdue catch-ups: The social calendar is back in full swing after pandemic-related restrictions. This renewed activity comes with pressure from friends to knock back alcoholic drinks.
Most of us make to-do lists to keep track of all the things we need to tackle around the house, to keep our families running and to stay on top of tasks at work.
The nationwide baby formula shortage that federal leaders once said would be fixed within weeks has dragged on for months, despite tons of imports and key steps forward in domestic production.
One of the most popular and recognizable insects is at risk of extinction, according to a global organization focused on conservation and sustainability.
Abortion rights advocates in Mexico once looked to the United States as a shining example. The last year brought a dramatic role reversal, as Mexico's Supreme Court decriminalized abortion and the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
When most of us read the words "plant-based diet," we tend to think of foods such as kale salads and grain bowls or trendy meat replacements. But there is one nonmeat option that's gaining traction as the newest superfood: seaweed.
It's not your imagination: As the rapidly spreading BA.5 coronavirus subvariant causes a surge in infections across the United States, more people are catching Covid-19 for the second or third time.
The monkeypox virus has spread quickly in clusters across the United States -- at certain music festivals, pool parties and bathhouses -- and now public health officials in areas with a lot of infections want more vaccines made available to help control transmission, which appears to happen when people touch intimately, skin to skin.
Covid-19 cases are increasing across the United States once again, driven by the most contagious strain of the coronavirus yet, BA.5. Federal health officials are urging Americans to stay up to date on their vaccines by getting additional boosters if they are due for them, but many people are confused.
