More than 1 billion people — or one in eight people worldwide — are now estimated to have obesity, a new study finds. Obesity rates
A comprehensive study by the University of California links cannabis use to an increased risk of serious cardiovascular events, with higher usage correlating to greater
The outage caused by the Change Healthcare cyberattack could last weeks, a top UnitedHealth executive suggested in a Tuesday conference call with hospital cybersecurity officers,
A University of Kansas study of rare gene mutations that cause hereditary Alzheimer’s disease shows these mutations disrupt production of a small sticky protein called
U.S. flu vaccines are likely to move from quadrivalent to trivalent due to a change in circulating influenza viruses, says a University of Michigan researcher.
The new vaccines that protect older adults against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, may be linked to a small increased risk of developing Guillain-Barré syndrome,
Effective population level vaccination campaigns are fundamental to public health. Countercampaigns, which are as old as the first vaccines, can disrupt uptake and threaten public
WASHINGTON — The federal government increasingly is scrutinizing Chinese businesses and their interactions with American companies, including in the biotech sector. Chinese biotechnology companies, the
Roughly 4 billion years ago, Earth was developing conditions suitable for life. Origin-of-life scientists often wonder if the type of chemistry found on the early
Are biotech’s dog days over? What’s a PIPE? And what can unseat Wegovy? We cover all that and more this week on “The Readout LOUD,”