Health & Science

Black women are more likely than white women to die from even the most treatable types of breast cancer, a study published Tuesday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found.

Doctors and public health workers across the U.S. are racing to develop innovative and unconventional strategies to test and treat people for the infection.

Four people have received hearts or kidneys from pigs. Some of their relatives recount a roller coaster of hope and uncertainty.

Scientists have long considered that the world’s most common sexually transmitted infection, human papillomavirus, or HPV, may be a driver of infertility.

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a virus first discovered in 1958 that causes fever, headache, muscle aches and exhaustion and eventually painful, fluid-filled blisters, or “pox,” over the body.

Bekele, from Fairfax, Virginia, is being recognized for developing an affordable bar of soap that could make delivering medications for skin cancers, including melanoma, more accessible.

Taxpayers are expected to save billions after the Biden administration inked deals with pharmaceutical companies to knock down the list prices for 10 of Medicare’s costliest drugs. NBC10’s Frances Wang has the details. 

Ketamine is a prescription medication which is also abused recreationally under the street names Special K, Super K and Vitamin K. Here’s what you need to know.

A blood test to screen for colon cancer was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Monday. It’s from Guardant Health and it’s called Shield.

A prominent doctors’ group worries that a condition in infants that can affect breastfeeding known as tongue-tie is being overdiagnosed in the U.S. and too often treated with unnecessary surgery.

New research suggests certain blood tests could help doctors diagnose Alzheimer’s disease faster and more accurately.

Measles is a highly contagious airborne disease caused by a virus that can lead to severe complications and death.

A study shows that a twice-yearly shot was 100% effective in preventing new HIV infections in women in Africa. The shot is already used in the U.S. and elsewhere as a treatment for the virus that causes AIDS, and drugmaker Gilead is testing it for prevention.

A study published Wednesday in the journal Nature outlines a clear pathway for how the disease likely develops, pointing to abnormalities in the immune systems of people with lupus.

President Joe Biden is under pressure to undergo cognitive testing even though his physician says he gets, and passes, an annual neurologic exam. But what can the brief screening tool actually tell about a person’s brain health? And when does the average older adult need one?

U.S. health officials have approved a new Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease.

Poison ivy poses a serious problem for many who come into contact with it. What you should and shouldn’t do.

Researchers at the American Diabetes Association conference in Orlando are expected to present data on 27 GLP-1 drugs in development. Others target a different hormone.

Neuroelectrics is developing therapies it says will improve the lives of people living with brain disease.

Moderna is the first company to release positive phase three data on a Covid and flu combination shot, giving it a lead over rivals Pfizer and Novavax.