Health

9/11 survivors’ exposure to toxic dust and the chronic health conditions that followed offer lessons that are still too often unheeded Roberto Lucchini, Florida International University The...

—Brian Doctrow, Ph.D., U.S. National Institutes of Health At a Glance Researchers found that high levels of dietary fructose alter the gut to increase nutrient...

Do I need a booster shot if I got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine? A virologist answers 5 questions Maureen Ferran, Rochester Institute of Technology For people...

Jory Brinkerhoff, University of Richmond It’s summer, a time to hike, garden, vacation – and to be on the lookout for ticks. From Lyme disease to...

Six questions answered about catching COVID-19 after vaccination Sanjay Mishra, PhD, Vanderbilt University If you’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, maybe you figured you no longer need...

William G. Bain, University of Pittsburgh; Georgios D. Kitsios, University of Pittsburgh, and Tomeka L. Suber, University of Pittsburgh A year ago, when U.S. health...

With the delta variant making up over 93% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. at the end of July 2021, questions arise about how...

Additional NIH Studies Underway Will Build on Encouraging Early Results U.S. National Institutes of Health One dose of a new monoclonal antibody discovered and developed at...

Serious complications from youth-onset type 2 diabetes arise by young adulthood US National Institutes of Health People with type 2 diabetes diagnosed during youth have a high risk...

Diabetics break bones easily – new research is figuring out why their bones are so fragile Lamya Karim, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth A person with Type...