Health

The Food and Drug Administration has commissioned a review of its food and tobacco programs following public outrage over baby formula shortages and concerns about flavored nicotine products.Dr. Robert Califf, the head...

The rapid evolution of the coronavirus into an alphabet soup of subvariants presents a vexing challenge to health officials: They must make far-reaching policy decisions based on little biological certainty of which...

The Gotliebs moved often: to Sicily, followed by several years in Trieste, Italy; Nuevo Laredo, Mexico; Santiago, Cuba; and Windsor, Ontario. After Mr. Gotlieb retired, they settled in San Francisco, where Ann...

An influential scientific panel is meeting on Tuesday to discuss who should receive a newly authorized Covid-19 vaccine from Novavax, a Maryland pharmaceutical company that hopes its shot will appeal to Americans...

The spread of monkeypox has ignited a debate within the New York City Health Department over whether the agency should encourage gay men to reduce their number of sexual partners during this...

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...