Health

Sheltering at home has caused many of us to shelter some pounds. A new study out of UCSF says, on average, we’ve gained 1.5 pounds per month during the pandemic. So if you’ve been at home for 12 months, that’s almost 20 pounds. Janelle Wang spoke to Dr. Gregory Marcus, who co-authored the study, about how to reverse the weight......

Recovering from COVID-19 means you beat a life-threatening disease. But health experts estimate that as many as 8.4 million Americans survived, but haven’t really recovered — dealing with lingering symptoms months after getting infected.

The COVID-19 virus changes a little bit each time it’s spread — and scientists will have to keep a close eye on how those changes affect its behavior toward vaccines.

A U.S. appeals court in San Francisco on Monday upheld a revised rule by President Donald Trump’s administration that bars federally funded family planning clinics from providing abortion referrals. The decision was made by a 7-4 vote of an 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The panel overturned preliminary injunctions i...

As COVID-19 continues to take lives and shut-down the global economy, there is more pressure than ever to develop a vaccine as quickly as possible. On May 15, 2020, President Trump unveiled “Operation Warp Speed,” an ambitious plan to develop a a vaccine against COVID-19 by the end of the year.  While this timeline isn’t impossible, many exper...

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Millions of children were now susceptible to measles, among the world’s most contagious diseases, according to a new report.

We’re only beginning to reckon with the true physical and psychological tolls of the pandemic. But there are still reasons to be hopeful, experts say.

The Covid-19 pandemic severely disrupted vaccination services, resulting in millions of kids missing their measles shots.

Critical shortages of the ADHD drug Adderall and the antibiotic amoxicillin have left families reeling as the medicines their loved ones need become harder to find.

The CDC, in a report published Wednesday, found that about 51% of abortions in 2020 were performed with the pill at or before the ninth week of pregnancy.

These common food safety mistakes can make your guests sick — here’s how to avoid them.

The boost in enrollment comes as the number of uninsured Americans this year reached a historic low of 8%.