Can you take Tylenol during pregnancy? A renowned epidemiologist cautions pregnant people that acetaminophen may be linked to autism or ADHD.
Author: Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY
Pfizer-BioNTech booster targeting variants as safe as earlier COVID shots, 30-day data shows
New 30-day data shows the bivalent COVID booster from Pfizer-BioNTech is safe. But the results come as the BA.4 and BA.5 variants diminish.
Thousands of babies and children are hospitalized by RSV every year. Why that could soon change.
Six drug companies are now developing RSV vaccines or antibodies, suggesting this year could be the last without adequate tools to fight the virus.
New guidelines expand eligibility for weight loss surgery. Will insurance coverage follow?
Two groups of bariatric surgeons want to expand eligibility for weight loss surgery. Whether insurance companies will agree remains to be seen.
A new treatment is restoring skin coloration to some with vitiligo. It’s giving patients hope.
A new study shows a treatment for vitiligo, which recently won FDA approval, restores natural skin color to one-third of patients.
For patients with earliest stage of breast cancer, how much treatment is enough?
Doctors are getting better at figuring out who with the earliest stage of breast cancer needs aggressive treatment and who can get less care.
These rats have human cells in their brains. They may help scientists understand autism and schizophrenia.
Stanford researcher Sergiu Pașca’s experiments, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, are both significant and ethically challenging.
One big change is coming to clinical drug trials, and it’s ‘no longer lip service’
After the COVID-19 pandemic, a major and crucial change is coming to clinical drug trials: More diversity among research participants.
FDA approves Relyvrio, the first new ALS drug in five years. Patients had wanted it sooner.
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the use of Relyvrio to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly known as ALS.
New push to cut hunger, improve Americans’ diets touted at White House conference
Many of the nation’s top experts met in D.C. to discuss ways to address the fact that more than 20% of Americans are food insecure.