The new booster shots could be available within days, after a CDC committee on Thursday recommends who should get them and its director signs off.
Author: Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY
Can you improve memory? Brain stimulation could make a ‘moderate to large’ difference, study shows.
A Boston University study’s early results show improved memory among senior citizens who received low-dose electrical pulses directed to the brain.
Seeking vaccine against Lyme disease, Pfizer and French partner Valneva launch major trial
The trial will enroll about 6,000 volunteers, ages 5 and up, at as many as 50 worldwide sites where Lyme disease is a problem, including the U.S.
After repeating early COVID mistakes, US now has the world’s biggest monkeypox outbreak
No one knows full extent of outbreak after delays with testing, data gathering and vaccine rollout allowed monkeypox to spread in US
Inside America’s obesity epidemic: How America’s weight (and weight loss) aren’t so simple
A deep look at how America’s weight has been changing in recent years, including advances in treatments and the scientific understanding of obesity.
New drugs and surgery can deliver major weight loss. But they come at a cost.
As the scientific understanding of weight loss deepens, new treatments are getting better but most are expensive and require a life-long commitment.
Extra weight increases health risk in the long run. Fat shaming hurts now.
‘We know that shaming people to lose weight doesn’t work.’
‘Watershed moment’: Doctors finding new hope in treatments for deadly pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer treatments are advancing and doctors have hope for a breakthrough, even as it’s poised to overtake lung cancer as the deadliest.
‘Too busy to die’: Brain cancer patient and his mom save lives by pushing care in new ways
Jace Ward had 1 goal when he died of a brain tumor a year ago: to make the path easier for others. A year later, his mother still pursues that dream.
FDA panel approves reformulating COVID boosters to fight ‘risk of major outbreak’ this fall
An FDA panel voted Tuesday to reformulate COVID-19 booster shots for the fall to more directly target the omicron viral variant.