On Monday, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rochelle Walensky, announced that the agency will undergo a monthlong
As female representation rose dramatically in U.S. medical schools, the number of Black men in academic medicine stagnated or decreased, according to
When you think about progressive brain disorders that cause dementia, you usually think of memory problems. But sometimes language problems — also
A team of researchers has developed a genetic risk score for six common diseases, which could assist doctors and patients when making
A new study finds that women who had experienced infertility had a 16 percent increased risk of heart failure compared with women
Inside brain cells, errors in DNA can accumulate as we age. But in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, these errors — known as
A recent CBS News/YouGov survey found that two-thirds of Americans want recreational marijuana use to be legal. Nearly 70 percent of states
Home from school and separated from peers during crucial developmental phases, young children and adolescents were clearly among the people most negatively
Does the understanding that our final breath could come tomorrow affect the way we choose to live? And how do we make
Since early 2020, when the pandemic exploded around the world, Massachusetts has seen nearly 19,000 COVID deaths and more than 840,000 cases.
