Health workers at an Ebola treatment center in eastern Congo have gone on strike over payment issues, disrupting patient care

An inspector at the sanctuary also contracted Valley fever.

Elective whole-body MRI scans are seeing a resurgence in popularity, driven in part by social media promotion and growing consumer interest in early disease detection.

LOS ANGELES >> COVID-19 is on the upswing in California and across a swath of the West and the South, a sign that the virus may be starting its seasonal summer uptick.

Without U.S. funding, over 1 million additional infections are possible in South Africa over the next 20 years.

In the quest to find ways to help us live at a healthier level for a longer period of time, researchers are turning to existing drugs for clues.

The morbidity gap between life expectancy and healthy life expectancy is widest in America, where people spend about 14 years in poor health.

Thyroid hormone plays a central role in regulating lipid metabolism. In states of profound hypothyroidism, impaired triiodothyronine (T3)-mediated regulation of hepatic LDL (low-density lipoprotein) receptor expression results in decreased clearance of apolip…

“Now I live with stage four metastatic melanoma, fighting for my life every day, searching for treatments that might save me,” the 26-year-old said.