The size of a man’s waistband is a better predictor of cancer risk than traditional body mass index (BMI) measurements, ...

Scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage invaders -- by seizing genetic material from weakened, dormant phages and using it to 'vaccinate' ...

The National Institutes of Health has terminated dozens of grants for scientific research projects related to vaccine use and ...

Rep. Andy Barr’s office said they did not coordinate the town hall and hinted that it was staged by paid liberal activists. Those who attended said they are not paid activists.

Researchers have identified antibodies that could lead to a broadly protective norovirus vaccine and new treatment options.

Disruptions to funding streams from the National Institutes of Health aren’t just rattling university researchers. Atlanta ...

A little over a year ago, a Renton man was told there was only one thing left to decide. Did he want to die at home, or in ...

Sam Srisatta, a 20-year-old Florida college student, spent a month living inside a government hospital here last fall, ...

Like getting your teeth cleaned at the dentist or forgetting your umbrella on the one day it downpours, occasional anxiety is ...

There’s been no shortage of either in recent weeks. Plunging valuations across the biotech sector were thrust into the ...

Now they tell us. “We were badly misled about the event that changed our lives.” So reads the headline on Princeton professor Zeynep Tufekci’s March 16 article in The New York Times. The event was, of ...

NIH has launched a human trial for LASSARAB, a dual-purpose vaccine targeting Lassa fever and rabies. Early animal studies ...