Fitness / Health

Healthcare professionals should be on the lookout for an increase in extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Shigella infections

The so-called metaverse and virtual reality are up-and-coming technologies that could offer healthcare quite a bit. Medical practitioners can test out the effectiveness of new surgical methods in the metaverse...

Illustration: Brendan Lynch/AxiosWhile Republicans have largely said that abortion is a state issue following the fall of Roe v. Wade, conservative-led states are now on record backing a nationwide injunction...

If it seems that flu season never ends, that’s because it doesn’t. What can sometimes end is our vigilance to protect ourselves and others against it.We reached out to Amy...

Aging ranks with sleep as one of the fundamental mysteries of human biology. What causes the body to slow down, its cells to stop dividing, and its organs to fall...

GoodRx helps  millions of consumers find discounts for medical services like prescription drug deals and affordable telehealth since its debut in 2011. For years, the company’s official privacy policy stated...

This past week in healthcare investigations

The Food and Drug Administration is behind schedule in its own plans to address the level of lead and mercury in baby foods, and Capitol Hill Democrats are taking note....

Seasonal affective disorder can occur in both winter and summer. Here's why it happens, and how you might treat it.

5m A 13-year-old girl is in remission after becoming the first patient in the world to receive ground-breaking gene therapy for previously incurable leukemia. Alissa had undergone all conventional therapies,...