By mid-November, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had reported that 218,439 health care workers in the U.S. had been infected with COVID-19—a likely underestimate due to incomplete data...

Pulmonary medicine specialist and critical care doctor Mike Hansen, MD has been making YouTube content throughout the pandemic with the goal of clearing up misinformation and explaining the science behind...

Researchers at the University of York are calling for more stringent regulatory measures to reduce the health burden of smokeless tobacco, a product often found in UK stores without the proper health...

The risk of infection of COVID-19 is high for medical specialists who come in contact with symptomatic or asymptomatic patients. Dentists and otolaryngologists are at particular risk, since they need...

(HealthDay)—For adults with uncomplicated acute appendicitis, treatment success rates ≥65 percent are seen with both oral antibiotics and combined intravenous and oral antibiotics, according to a...

Dementia: Expert discusses the signs and symptoms Dementia symptoms depend on the region of the brain affected by brain damage. Vascular dementia is a common type of dementia caused by reduced blood flow...

Chinese authorities sealed off a city of almost five million people and imposed strict travel restrictions on several others on Tuesday as they worked to quash a number of COVID-19 clusters near Beijing. The...

Chris Whitty outlines how new coronavirus variant is easily spread The UK is currently battling a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus causing COVID-19), which was originally termed lineage B.1.1.7. The...

If you have signs or symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it’s important that you contact your health care provider right away for medical advice. But COVID-19, the common cold, seasonal...

(HealthDay)—More than three-quarters of U.S. adults report being “very likely” or “somewhat likely” to get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a study published online Jan. 3...