Covid-19 revealed a lot of embarrassing shortcomings in the US public health system. The CDC struggled early in the pandemic to get usable tests to doctors and health clinics. Data reporting was terr… [+8216 chars]
Never miss out on our Latest Tea A 66-year-old man diagnosed with HIV in 1998 is now cured of the virus and cancer after receiving a related stem cell transplant after suffering from leukemia, acco… [+1903 chars]
Monkeypox, a viral disease transmitted through close skin contact that causes flu-like illness and painful rashes, has already infected nearly 19,000 people worldwide, most of them gay and bisexual m… [+11025 chars]
From 1965-71, CBS aired a sitcom entitled Green Acres. The shows protagonist, Oliver Wendell Douglas, was an NYC lawyer who bought a farm and, several years ahead of the zeitgeist, went back to the l… [+10391 chars]
The monkeypox illness now spreading around the globe is showing some symptoms that are very different from those seen in previous outbreaks, a new study shows. These unique symptoms include rectal p… [+1745 chars]
Whether theyre toddlers, teenagers, or 23-year-olds, young people are disgusting. Old people are disgusting too of course, because being gross is the human condition. So lets celebrate it by digging … [+5059 chars]
A year ago, Alzheimer’s researchers expressed guarded optimism. The first new drug in nearly two decades was about to hit the market, and pharmaceutical companies had potentially stronger drugs in th… [+8965 chars]
CHICAGO, July 29 (Reuters) - People at high risk of severe disease who have yet to get a second COVID-19 booster should not wait for next-generation, Omicron-targeted vaccines expected in the fall, f… [+4381 chars]
Ziyad Al-Aly noticed that more and more patients were coming to his Missouri clinic with what he describes as an air of invincibility. It was March 2022, and these patients were vaccinated and booste… [+868 chars]
By Maggie Brown, WRAL multiplatform producer The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday updated a map of COVID-19 in the community to show that 61 of North Carolina's 100 counti… [+5206 chars]
Dia Kline was 4 years old when she first realized there was a thing called smell, and she couldnt do it. I remember walking into my home with my father and brother, and as soon as we walked through … [+10114 chars]