Health & Science

The Nikon Small World in Motion Video Competition recognizes the best movie or digital time-lapse taken with a microscope.

Japan’s health ministry has approved Leqembi, a drug for Alzheimer’s decease that was jointly developed by Japanese and U.S. pharmaceutical companies.

Finland is the No. 1 happiest country in the world, and they’re offering a free masterclass about happiness. Here’s what I learned from the course.

Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life.

It marked the longest a genetically modified pig kidney has ever functioned inside a human, albeit a deceased one. And by pushing the boundaries of research with the dead, the scientists learned critical lessons they’re preparing to share with the FDA — in hopes of eventually testing pig kidneys in the living.

Researchers found a link between sedentary lifestyles and chronic illnesses that are linked with increased dementia risk.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention alerted doctors Tuesday about a rise in severe cases of RSV among young children in Florida and Georgia.

“Parrotheads” and casual fans of Caribbean living mourned the death of “Margaritaville” singer Jimmy Buffett over the weekend, who died at the age of 76 after a years-long battle with a rare and aggressive form of skin cancer on Friday.

The study takes a close look at the phenomenon known as “beer goggles.”

A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital has plucked an 8-centimeter (3-inch) wriggling worm from the patient’s brain.

Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of bacterial pneumonia. Here’s what you need to know.

The updated Covid vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax still need green lights from the FDA and the CDC before they roll out to the public.

A sister’s choice to donate her brother’s body for research is helping doctors learn how to one day use pig organs to save human lives.

For the first time in three years, Americans could head into the winter respiratory virus season with a measure of optimism, experts say, even as Covid cases appear to be ticking up. 

With a nationwide shortage limiting availability of ADHD medications, patients and their families are scrambling for solutions

The bacterial infection can cause skin breakdown and ulcers.

New York surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it’s worked normally.

An elderly woman from Rhode Island died last month after contracting a rare tick-borne viral disease, health officials said Tuesday. The woman who contracted Powassan virus disease was from Washington County, according to The Rhode Island Department of Health. She was experiencing neurological symptoms before she died in mid-July. They didn’t provide more identifying details about the woman. Powassan...

Patients taking blockbuster drugs like Wegovy for weight loss may face potentially deadly complications if they need surgery or other procedures that require empty stomachs for anesthesia.

Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks told CNBC’s Jim Cramer about how the company plans to keep up with demand for its drugs.