Scandinavian researchers say a new classification would mean better treatment for patients.

BRAIN DRAIN - The lasting mental impacts of severe COVID-19 on areas like memory, attention, or problem solving, may be equivalent to 20 years of ageing.

Two more people died from bacteria spread through contaminated water, bringing death toll from the storm to at least 51

Does a potential dementia test come down to whether you can smell a piece of gum?

The cases point to possible sexual transmission of this cousin of smallpox — a previously unknown method of spread for monkeypox.

Melissa Benoit’s terminal lung infection called for risky and unprecedented procedure while she waited for double transplant at Toronto hospital

Oprah Winfrey's new book imprint, An Oprah Book, will publish The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis in 2018

LONDON (AP) — Doctors intending to perform cataract surgery on a 67-year-old woman in Britain found something rather unexpected: 17 contact lenses mashed together in her right eye.

Influenza virus might be spread simply by breathing, a new flu experiment shows. Here's why that's news.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday the new BA.2.86 lineage of coronavirus may be more capable than older variants in causing infection in people who have...

A new study has found that cat owners have a lower stroke and heart disease risk than non-cat owners.

Fitbit has introduced its latest activity tracker, the Alta HR. The wristband provides continuous heart rate monitoring.

The monkeypox outbreak continues to grow worldwide. The U.S. has declared the outbreak a public health emergency.

A new study has found that eye drops could help dissolve cataracts. Critics say there are many different types of cataracts and some may be too hard to dissolve with a solution.

Scientists have developed an ingestible origami robot that will unfold inside you.

A new study has linked reduced sleep to childhood obesity. Over 1,000 children were monitored in the study.

The monkeypox outbreak continues to grow worldwide. The U.S. has declared the outbreak a public health emergency.

A cancer patient in Australia received a 3D printed titanium sternum and rib cage in the first surgey of its kind.

Scientists say they have developed a new test that can detect virtually any virus that infects people and animals.

Neurosurgeon Dr Sergio Canavero thinks a human head transplant could work as early as 2017.

The monkeypox outbreak continues to grow worldwide. The U.S. has declared the outbreak a public health emergency.

Australia’s oldest-ever man has included eating chicken brains among his secrets to living more than 111 years.

New York City health officials announced two monkeypox-linked deaths on Friday, the first fatalities linked to the virus in the five boroughs, though few details on the individuals were immediately...

Oxford University researchers suggested mild coronavirus patients that did not report long Covid symptoms still had worse attention and memory for up to six to nine months.