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Updated Covid-19 boosters that carry instructions to arm the body against currently circulating Omicron subvariants offer some protection against infections, according to the first study to look at how the boosters are performing in the real world. However, the protection is not as high as that provided by the original vaccine against earlier coronavirus variants, the researchers say.
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Measles vaccination rates dropped throughout the pandemic and hit the lowest coverage rate in more than a decade, says a new study published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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A growing measles outbreak in Columbus, Ohio, has sickened more than a dozen unvaccinated children and hospitalized nine of them, and local public health officials are seeking assistance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Hemgenix, a new drug to treat hemophilia. Manufacturer CSL Behring set the price at $3.5 million per treatment, making it the most expensive drug in the world.
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Both the number and rate of abortions reported in the US fell 2% from 2019 to 2020, according to new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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It may be our favorite family time of the year, but the holidays are packed with chores, parties and stress, which can all take a toll on sleep. Here's how to stop the holidays from sabotaging your slumber.
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Many of us have that one relative or that one question we are bracing for when we gather for the holiday season. Instead of letting it get under your skin or lashing out once it gets to you, think ahead and prepare your responses with these tips, experts say.
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As millions of Americans travel to gather with friends and family over the next few days, there's a good chance that Covid-19 will follow.
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Shortages of key medications used to treat common childhood illnesses like flu, ear infections and sore throats are adding to the misery of this year's early and severe respiratory virus season.
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It's time to divvy up and work through the Thanksgiving leftovers. These options give you something to look forward to on your post-holiday meal plan.
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The Food and Drug Administration is advising people in 13 states not to eat certain raw oysters from South Korea after at least one person in Las Vegas got sick with a virus that can cause diarrhea and vomiting.
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If you think holiday turkey is responsible for the afternoon sleepiness you feel, you'd be wrong, experts say. Here's the real gobble.
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Inspired by his own near-death experience requiring blood donations, author and war correspondent Sebastian Junger now advocates for blood donation to help save other people's lives.
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Nearly 1 in 7 older adults die within a year of undergoing major surgery, according to an important new study that sheds much-needed light on the risks seniors face when having invasive procedures.
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The increasing popularity of stylish, trendy athletic wear has made über-comfortable clothing something that's not just for the gym. It's infiltrated all corners of culture, from high fashion runways to the offices of Silicon Valley executives — and really, it's appropriate for any occasion when you just want to be comfortable.
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Are you destined to become a 'SuperAger," with a memory as sharp in your 80s as it was in your 50s? Here's what science knows about those who keep their ability to remember as they age.
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In the opening scenes of the new film "Good Night, Oppy," the Opportunity rover rolls along through Perseverance Valley on Mars in June 2018, as "Roam" by The B-52s fills the room at mission control.
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Do you believe in the holiday food coma?
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Even before their daughter was born in June, Aaron and Helen Chavez knew she would need heart surgery. Doctors expected her to have an operation around 6 months of age.
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The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a detailed molecular and chemical portrait of a faraway planet's skies, scoring another first for the exoplanet science community.
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After the last plate has been cleared from the table and everyone — except the person stuck washing dishes — has migrated to the couch, it's time to begin the next part of the Thanksgiving tradition.
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Higher Covid-19 vaccination rates among US children could prevent thousands of pediatric hospitalizations and millions of missed school days, according to an analysis published Tuesday by the Commonwealth Fund and the Yale School of Public Health.
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An experimental treatment, gantenerumab, failed to help people at high risk of memory loss from Alzheimer's or those who were in the early phases of the disease, the manufacturer said Monday.
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The rate of premature birth in the United States is climbing, according to the infant and maternal health nonprofit March of Dimes.
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The respiratory virus season has started early in kids this year and flooded children's hospitals in many parts of the country -- especially with respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV.
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Rishi Sunak is told he is needs to "try harder" over plans to give pay rises to hospital staff.
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The siblings were born just 22 weeks and five days into their mother's pregnancy.
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A father carried his son's weight up Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness of meningitis.
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Conspiracies and memes shared during the Covid pandemic are cropping up again.
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The presenter has gone viral on TikTok talking about his experience following a high-speed car crash in 2006.
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Six-year-old Cohen survives off the machines in his home and his mum's energy bills could rise to more than £3,000 a year.
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Surges of Covid are happening again around the world, driven by some new subvariants of Omicron.
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Cases of monkeypox are being investigated in several countries, including the UK.
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Bipolar India is the country's first online community for people living with the mental health condition.
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US companies are accused of having used a pesticide in Latin America even though its health risks were known.
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Andrea was medically evacuated to Spain as doctors in Malta could not terminate her pregnancy under the country's ban on abortion.
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Some Americans turn to Mexican women for abortion help, but all are treading on shaky legal ground.
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Zarli Naing's decision to help Myanmar's underground resistance cost the young nurse her life.
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India's Supreme Court says all women, including those not married, can get an abortion up to 24 weeks.
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How sexual medication is used in the Arab world as a way of living up to ideals of masculinity.
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Susan Wamaitha was urged to take a Chinese-made contraceptive not knowing it was banned in Kenya.
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Deaths of children in The Gambia, linked to Indian-made cough syrups, raises concerns about regulation.
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The WHO says a poll commissioned by the BBC shows the pandemic had "diverse" effects on mental health.
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Distraught parents demand answers after at least 157 children died from acute kidney injury.
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Why have some people never had Covid and can that lead to better vaccines?
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The infectious disease is spreading fast in a country ill-equipped to stop it.
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Covid-19 is flaring up in China, despite it having some of the toughest lockdown rules in the world.
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The Thor star has revealed he has a significantly heightened risk of developing the disease.
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The world is still growing, but not as fast as when the six- and seven-billionth babies were born.
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The BBC's health and science correspondent undergoes an experiment to find out how a cold home affects him.
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There may be no health gain from waiting a recommended six months before trying again, research finds.
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A new "documentary" falsely blames Covid vaccines for deaths of young people.
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Schools nationwide are closing two weeks before the end of term as Uganda battles a deadly virus.
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RSV and flu are circulating in the US - here's how to stay safe over the holiday season.
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Officials say a slow vaccination drive amid the Covid pandemic led to a sharp rise in measles infections.
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Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv for talks with President Zelensky.
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Animal trials, using the same mRNA technology as successful Covid vaccines, have gone well, scientists say.
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Residents in thousands of Beijing tower blocks are ordered to remain indoors as workplaces shut down.
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