Better air in classrooms matters beyond COVID. Here's why schools aren't there yet Enlarge this image toggle caption Michael Loccisano/Getty Images Michael Loccisano/Getty Images Not many people can

Sleeping with the light on might scare away monsters under the bed, but it could be linked to an increased risk of heart disease and diabetes, research suggests. Light is an important signal by which

China battles multiple COVID-19 outbreaks, driven by stealth omicron Enlarge this image toggle caption Ng Han Guan/AP Ng Han Guan/AP TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chinese authorities reported 1,337 locally trans

As Afghanistan is going through the worst humanitarian situation in decades and over half of the population needs life-saving assistance in the country, measles has spread in several provinces of Afgh

Over the last 2 years, hospitals and COVID-19 became intrinsically linked. Hospital admissions for non-COVID-19 diseases declined significantly after the coronavirus outbreak. However, these other ill

Why you should care about glucose – even if you’re not diabetic 80% of non-diabetics are likely to experience glucose spikes, with everyday foods such as breakfast cereal. Flattening our glucose cur

Eating is an essential part of human life and it turns out that not only what we eat but when we eat can impact our brains. Irregular eating times have been shown to contribute to poor mental health,

Emerging research, revealed in part due to the COVID pandemic, is showing a potential link between autoimmune disorders and viral infections, experts say. “We’re on the cusp of some new knowledge,” s

As an adolescent medicine physician at UC Davis Children's Hospital, Laura Kester Prakash diagnoses and treats children and adolescents with eating disorders. She assesses their physical, psychologica

Opinion: Understanding the link between oral and gut health Teeth, unlike skin, do not shed, meaning that bacteria can build up on the surface of teeth and enter the body through the bloodstream and

Send this page to someone via email Matthew Willis hasn’t enjoyed a moment of peace and quiet since catching COVID-19 in November. “It’s a sort of very high-pitched kind of … whistle or just a tone,

An actor wearing a contemporary version of 18th-century lead-based makeup. (Shutterstock photo) Eighteenth-century socialites have been depicted as vain, silly women who were poisoned by their white

There are no people on George Street. No line for cheesecake at Uncle Tetsu’s, but also no cheesecake. The traffic lights blip out their metallic song to coolly lit buildings. Even the trams have gone

New research has uncovered how mitochondria – the energy powerhouse of our cells implicated in devastating mitochondrial disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancers – respond to exercise training in unprece

Many who are on the mend from COVID-19 may have noticed a confusing symptom plaguing them for weeks: a sudden, unexplained spiking of their heart rate. For some people, it’s a brief, uncomfortable re

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Several FDA-approved drugs — including for type 2 diabetes, hepatitis C and HIV — significantly reduce the ability of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 to replicate in human cells

The chemical engineer Robert Langer co-founded Covid-19 vaccine maker Moderna, and his innovations have helped create more than 100 products from artificial skin to messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines. The

Cognitive impairment was more common among COVID-19 patients 60 years and older—particularly those with severe illness—released from hospitals in Wuhan, China, than among their uninfected peers, accor

Pfizer plans to submit data to the Food and Drug Administration for a fourth Covid shot soon, and it's working on a vaccine that protects against all coronavirus variants, CEO Albert Bourla told CNBC

Seventeen vaccines with at least one variant-adapted version sounds like a lot. But none are actually in use yet. And given all the hype about how quickly and easily adapted vaccines could be delivere

China reported 1,524 coronavirus cases on Saturday, its highest daily figure since the Wuhan outbreak in 2020. The northeastern city of Changchun has been placed under lockdown, and all of its nine m

As the latest coronavirus surge fades, health officials are keeping watch on a new mishmash of the Delta and Omicron variants. Dubbed “Deltacron” by some, it’s essentially a blend of both the variant

Salk researchers treated mice with anti-aging regimen beginning in middle age and found no increase in cancer or other health problems later on. Age may be just a number, but it’s a number that often

By mid-September of last year, the doctor at Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe knew there was a dangerous mold called Aspergillus lurking in the hospital. Three COVID patients in the int

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Baton Rouge doctors are warning you about the symptoms of blood clots. They said more people are getting them after having COVID-19. “We have seen an increase among the bloo

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Diana Crouch not pictured. Crystal Cox/Insider Diana Crouch is urging pregnant people to get vaccinated after surviving COVID-19 while pregnant. Crouch was hospitalized for 139 days and put on life

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Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced Australia will spend $2.1 billion to protect citizens this winter against COVID-19 and influenza, as concerns grow over the BA.2 Omicron subvariant. Billions o

Although the recent wave of infections from the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is ebbing in much of the country, some experts have estimated that roughly 30% of America

Share on Pinterest New research sheds light on neuropathies in long COVID, suggesting immune dysfunction may be to blame for the nerve damage. Photo Editing by Steve Kelly; Ildar Imashev/Getty Images

A clinical trial at UC Davis Health and six other sites showed that a cellular therapy offers promise for patients with late-stage Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare genetic disorder causing mu

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We get to the bottom of a medical mystery – what causes multiple sclerosis? A series of studies have compellingly pointed the finger at the virus behind glandular fever. We see if they stack up and as

People over 60 who survive COVID-19 have higher risks of dementia, mild cognitive impairment, and cognitive decline—particularly if they had severe COVID-19—according to a study out this week in JAMA

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