Vertex said a drug it secured as part of a $4.9 billion acquisition successfully reduced by half a key marker of a kidney disease known as IgA nephropathy.

The COSMOS study followed 958 participants, roughly age 70, for two years. They tested two potential interventions: a daily ...

Multivitamins slow down biological ageing by about two months a year among people over 70, a study suggests. The benefits of taking multivitamins have been hotly disputed for decades, with many ...

Last year, President Donald Trump told pregnant women not to take Tylenol as he promoted unproven ties between the fever reducer and autism and touted an old generic drug as a treatment for the ...

During her confirmation hearing to become surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means had various back-and-forths with senators, who pressed her on topics related to vaccines, her qualifications and disclosure ...

The study found that permafrost can thaw during intense wildfires in Alaska and Canada, which contributes to a warming ...

A new study finds that popular GLP-1 drugs used to treat diabetes and obesity show new promise in fighting multiple substance ...

If you’ve spent any time on social media recently (and especially if you’re a man) you’ve probably seen the videos we’re ...

Casey Means said she won’t broadly encourage parents to vaccinate their children against measles, the flu or whooping cough, ...

Discover how the massive Ashley Madison data leak allowed psychologists to study the real reasons people seek affairs and how society judges them.

The Trump administration wants to boost manufacturing of glyphosate, the world’s most common weed killer. Here’s what that could mean for health ...

Leaked University of Galway report said there was a ‘sustained decline’ in undergraduate enrolment for degree but what is the ...