public health

More than a century after the end of hostilities in 1918, some battlefields of WWI are still deadly enough to kill you.

From making their own swabs to staying in constant communication across the board, Northwell Health dove headfirst into uncharted waters to take on the virus and save lives.

Northwell Health has built an elaborate data system to track and fight COVID-19. If this system goes global, it could prevent a future pandemic.

There is no going “back to normal.”

The long-term lessons America learns from the coronavirus pandemic will spell life or death.

Could medical detection animals smell coronavirus?

Researchers discover that cancer cells go into hibernation to avoid chemotherapy effects.

Plan S is starting to take hold, but the cost is merely shifting even more to the researchers.

At the height of the first wave, many people took heart from the drop in air pollution resulting from global lockdowns.

The federal government and private insurers greatly increased Americans’ telehealth access during the pandemic. Will these changes be permanent?

Spoiler: Most people actually approved of their government’s approach.

Google’s “Year in Search 2020” results reveal a year when “why” was searched more than ever.

Pfizer’s vaccine needs to be kept at -100°F until it’s administered. Can caregivers deliver?

The unfamiliar landscape of America’s medical past is marked by bizarre incidents, forgotten breakthroughs and selfless sacrifice.

Researchers from Israel reversed two key processes involved in aging.

The COVID-19 pandemic is making health disparities in the United States crystal clear. It is a clarion call for health care systems to double their efforts in vulnerable communities.

Experts plead with Americans to keep gatherings limited this Thanksgiving, while families devise new ways to celebrate the holidays.

The bubonic plague ravaged the world for centuries, killing up to 200 million people.

Christmas was banned in 1647 and rebellions broke out across the country.

The positive steps we are taking to prevent disease might have a negative side effect.

Researchers design microdevices that can gradually deliver medicine by latching on to intestines.

A new study shows you should put down the toilet lid when flushing to avoid coronavirus and other illnesses.

The researchers trained the model on tens of thousands of samples of coughs, as well as spoken words.

A new study seeks to understand why the average body temperature is no longer 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

Instead of looking forward, we should be consulting the past.

A new study of nurses shows the importance of sleep—and staying aware on the job.

Northwell Health CEO Michael Dowling has an important favor to ask of the American people.

There has been a dramatic increase in abuse and misuse.

Confirmation bias is baked into the DNA of America, but it may soon be the nation’s undoing.

“Nothing but naked people: fat ones, thin ones, old, young…”