Health

Many virologists are concerned that the latest bird flu outbreak could spill over to humans and cause a new human pandemic.

The FDA has approved the first drug for Rett syndrome, a genetic neurodevelopmental disorder, which disproportionately affects women and girls.

The FDA has approved Pfizer’s zavegepant, a nasal spray for migraines that can ease pain in as few as 15 minutes.

Some neuroscientists think psychedelics and the hallucinations they induce could help reveal how we generate our perceptions of the world.

Researchers found that patients who slept less than six hours a night were 27% more likely to have an infection.

An injection of stem cells reduced the risk of heart attack or stroke by 58% in a trial of people with heart failure.

A sudden shift to virtual health care has increased access — and possibly outcomes — for patients with opioid use disorder.

It has been a year since the first COVID human challenge data was published. What did we learn, and can HCTs prepare us for the future?

A new drug might extend the lives of people with bone cancer without subjecting them to painful or unpleasant treatments.

A new stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease has just been administered to the brain of a person for the first time.