Health

Scientists and health officials are keeping their eyes on a descendant of the omicron variant that has been found in at least 40 countries.

A blood test may someday help determine a person’s risk for long Covid, new research suggests. The study, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, found that people who go on to develop long Covid have lower levels of certain antibodies in their blood soon after they are infected with the coronavirus. If confirmed through ...

Rules around how to get your free at-home Covid tests vary from one health insurance plan to the next. Here’s what you need to know.

The death of a 13-year-old student who apparently overdosed on fentanyl at his Connecticut school has drawn renewed pleas for schools to stock the opioid antidote naloxone, as well as for training of both staffers and children on how to recognize and respond to overdoses.

A new study finds that young children might be able to overcome their peanut allergies if treated early enough

A huge new global study found that drug-resistant bacterial infections played a part in almost 5 million deaths in 2019.

Scientists are piecing together why some people lose their sense of smell after contracting COVID-19. A study published Monday in the journal Nature Genetics identified a genetic risk factor associated with the loss of smell after a COVID infection, a discovery that brings experts closer to understanding the perplexing pattern and may point th...

It’s never been more important to improve our health and diet. An allergist and immunologist explains why no ingredient is more detrimental to your immune health than sugar, and steps on how to cut back.

Over the past year, she estimates there have been more than 1,000 visits to the shed.

Medicare says it will limit coverage of a $28,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug whose benefits have been widely questioned

U.S. doctors have transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life — a first for medical science

U.S. health secretary Xavier Becerra is ordering Medicare to reassess a big premium increase facing millions of seniors this year

Hospitals across the U.S. are feeling the wrath of the omicron variant and getting thrown into disarray that is different from earlier COVID-19 surges