A disease’s name can have a significant influence on its diagnosis and treatment – or lack thereof. Polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, is a condition that affects millions of people worldwide. For decades, doctors thought the condition mostly affected the ovaries, but its misleading name has left many people undiagnosed and at risk of ...Read more

A Kenyan high court temporarily blocked the government from approving a deal with the U.S. to establish an Ebola quarantine facility in the East African nation after a human rights group said the plan posed “grave health risks” to the public.

The planned Ebola complex “is being undertaken in a manner that is not transparent and is devoid ...Read more

Jay Campbell, a Tampa author, says he has a biological age of about 30, while his chronological age is 55.

Scientists have discovered that people’s biological age, which is how old their cells, tissues and organs are, often differs from their chronological age, the number of years they have been alive.

Campbell, co-founder of Biolongevity ...Read more

The common sugar-free sweetener sorbitol may damage your liver in the same way as the older sweetener fructose, researchers found, triggering processes linked to fatty liver disease in people without a history of drinking alcohol.

“The most surprising finding from the current work is that because sorbitol is essentially ‘one transformation ...Read more

Lawmakers in both parties are increasingly embracing the idea of price controls on medicines — and in doing so, they’re making a losing bet.

Price controls involve a fundamental tradeoff: lower prices today in exchange for less innovation tomorrow. Consider the “most favored nation,” or MFN, drug pricing proposal currently before ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — With cuts to HIV and AIDS programs looming from President Donald Trump’s administration, advocates are pressing Illinois lawmakers to fill a growing void or face a situation for which they say the state is unprepared.

It’s a “life or death situation,” Timothy Jackson, senior director of policy and advocacy at AIDS ...Read more

Drugs in development to treat and prevent infections caused by the Ebola virus that’s circulating in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda should be given only as part of clinical trials, advisers to the World Health Organization said.

That means people who are sick now, or are at risk of becoming sick after being exposed to them, may ...Read more

BOSTON — Hantavirus, Ebola, and now mpox.

Yet another virus has caught the attention of public health officials, as mpox (formerly called monkeypox) cases jump in the city.

The Boston Public Health Commission and Massachusetts Department of Public Health are monitoring an uptick in mpox cases in the Hub, while officials urge at-risk ...Read more

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya is in talks with the U.S. on Ebola-related health cooperation after media reports that the Trump administration is planning to send Americans exposed to the virus to a quarantine facility in the East African nation being built by the U.S. military.

Any such arrangement would be guided by Kenya’s national laws, public-...Read more

For the third year in a row, Washington insurance companies requested a double-digit rate increase for their individual health plans, reviving worries that the cost of coverage is becoming untenable.

Health insurers are asking the state insurance commissioner to approve an average rate increase of 22.4% for individual plans in 2027. Rates are ...Read more

Imagine you have heartburn. For years you’ve managed with antacids, but one day you’re struggling to swallow steak without vomiting. Your gastroenterologist finds a large hiatal hernia, an enlarged opening of the diaphragm trapping part of your stomach. She sends you to a surgeon, who says a surgical procedure will correct the problem but...Read more

Kenya is in talks with the U.S. on Ebola-related health cooperation after media reports that the Trump administration is planning to send Americans exposed to the virus to a quarantine facility in the East African nation being built by the U.S. military.

Any such arrangement would be guided by Kenya’s national laws, public-health regulations,...Read more

In response to abrupt and politicized changes to federal vaccine policy, concerned Coloradans have taken several steps to shore up support for vaccine science.

A bill passed by the state legislature in March then signed into law by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis allows Colorado to further uncouple itself from federal guidance.

The law allows ...Read more

WILLIAMSTON, N.C. — Two years after her brother's death, Debra Pierce still wonders whether the 50-year-old would have survived his heart attack if her local hospital hadn't closed.

"The sad thing is we'll never know if he could have been saved that night or not, because we don't have a higher level of care in this county," Pierce said as she...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A sweeping new review of prenatal antidepressant use underscores a finding that has surfaced repeatedly throughout the last decade: While parental depression is strongly linked to child neurodevelopmental disorders, taking antidepressants during pregnancy does not appear to significantly increase a child's risk of autism.

In an ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Many in my social circle are now at the age when we're more likely to have a stroke. What symptoms should we watch for? And what happens if someone has a stroke?

ANSWER: If you're 55 or older, you're at greater risk of stroke. A stroke is a medical emergency. It happens when either the blood supply to the brain ...Read more

An anti-abortion group last month sued seven Utah fertility clinics, claiming their disposal of embryos as part of the in vitro fertilization process violates the state’s wrongful death law.

The ministry Voice for the Voiceless believes it has a strong case because Utah is one of four states — Alabama, Louisiana and Missouri are the others ...Read more

The chemicals connected to dry cleaning and certain degreasers can triple an individual’s risk of liver disease, research funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism found.

Polychloroethylene, or PCE, is a volatile compound connected to liver fibrosis, a stiffening of the organ crucial to digestion and removing toxic ...Read more

Uganda closed its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo as authorities step up efforts to prevent the spread of Ebola into the country.

The decision, announced by the National Task Force on Ebola Response, follows what officials described as an escalating outbreak in eastern Congo and growing risks linked to cross-border movement.

The ...Read more

You know the feeling – the itchy eye that is just begging to be scratched.

Before you start rubbing your eyes, you may want to think twice about the potential consequences.

While eye rubbing may seem harmless, people who rub their eyes are at risk of infections or damage to their cornea.

Fortunately, there are a ...Read more