A small sachet of a fortified food-based supplement added to young children’s daily diets in low- and middle-income countries has shown remarkable results in preventing child mortality and malnutrition,...

For years, Millicent McKinnon of Dallas went without health insurance. She was one of roughly 1 million Texans who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid in the state but too little to buy their own insurance....

(Reuters) – U.S. employers, universities and local governments are increasingly putting COVID-19 vaccine mandates in place to contain outbreaks of the disease as infection rates remain high. Workers...

Former urban designer, Karina Withers (29) from Leeds, has had eczema since she was a child, dealing with painful rashes on her arms, legs and neck. She now says that years of being prescribed strong...

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Rural Americans are dying of covid at more than twice the rate of their urban counterparts...

For primary care patients feeling well enough to discontinue antidepressant medication, there was a higher rate of depressive relapse among those who discontinued therapy, compared with those who did not, a...

Many cancers produce an enzyme called IDO that suppresses immune system activity, but the long-held hypothesis of how this mechanism operates requires revision, according to a study published in Clinical...

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As Wayne Couzens is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Sarah Everard, we must keep talking about how to prevent male violence against women, says Moya Crockett.  If you felt no joy at the sentencing...

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