Health

Unpasteurized milk contaminated with H5N1, the bird-flu virus that has turned up in dairy herds in nine states, has been found to rapidly make mice sick, affecting multiple organs, according to a...

A committee of experts that advises the Food and Drug Administration voted by large majorities on Thursday that a new blood test to screen people for colon and rectal cancers was safe...

For the first time on record, cannabis has outpaced alcohol as the daily drug of choice for Americans.In 2022 there were 17.7 million people who reported using cannabis either every day or...

In more than a dozen states, doctors and nurses have resorted to paper and handwritten treatment orders to chart patient illnesses and track them, unable to access the detailed medical histories that...

A farmworker in Michigan has been diagnosed with bird flu, state officials announced on Wednesday, making it the second human case associated with the outbreak in cows.Officials said that the individual became...

Dr. Paul D. Parkman, whose research was instrumental in identifying the virus that causes rubella and developing a vaccine that has prevented an epidemic of the disease in the United States for...

A scientist finds beauty in the “visual synonyms” that exist in images seen through microscopes and telescopes.

Dr. Luch berated herself for not having thought to test the boy a day earlier, when she might have saved him if she had treated him for influenza.But the alarm she raised...

The StudyThe study looked at 2,322 emergency room visits for cannabis poisoning among people 65 and older in Ontario. The visits spanned 2015 through 2022, allowing researchers to see what happened before...

Just before Katie Marsh dropped out of college, she began to worry that she might have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.“Boredom was like a burning sensation inside of me,” said Ms. Marsh, who...