Health

This article is part of Upstart, a series about young companies harnessing new science and technology.Several years ago, scientists studying aging at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute used a somewhat Frankensteinian technique...

CHICAGO — Covid-19 is surging around the United States again in what experts consider the most transmissible variant of the pandemic yet.But something is different this time: The public health authorities are...

We asked Dr. Matteo Bertelli, CEO of the MAGISNAT Spin Off, hosted at Atlanta Tech Park. Q. Can the Mediterranean diet play any role in the prevention of chronic diseases and COVID?...

The emergence of highly contagious Omicron subvariants this spring in the United States appeared to reduce the protection offered by vaccines against Covid hospitalizations, scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and...

Americans in distress have a new number to dial for help — 988, a revamped National Suicide Prevention Lifeline that is being billed as the 911 of mental health.The number, set to...

It’s been known for more than half a century that many men lose their Y chromosomes as they age. But no one knew if it really mattered. The loss of Y could...

A Florida business is recalling its ice cream amid an investigation into a listeria outbreak that has been blamed for the death of one person and the hospitalization of two dozen, the...

For months, scientists around the world have been investigating cases of severe, unexplained hepatitis, or liver inflammation, in previously healthy children. At least 920 probable cases have been detected in 33 countries...

Myxomas are rare. In autopsy studies, around 100 myxomas are seen per one million population. For reasons that are not well understood, they are more common in women than in men. Size...

Even before the constitutional right to an abortion was struck down last month, health insurance coverage for it was spotty. Abortion benefits largely depended on where a woman lived or whom she...