New research suggests the astringent sensation caused by flavanols could act as a direct signal to the brain, triggering effects similar to a mild workout for the nervous system. In mouse experiments, ...

If the study's findings encourage enough pregnant patients to get vaccinated, RSV hospitalizations might become so rare that ...

Vaccine hesitancy has become more emotionally charged and politically fraught, many physicians say, and more and more parents ...

Public health workers have been preparing for months for an onslaught of soccer fans, along with any illnesses they might get ...

Just because you can grab it off a drugstore shelf doesn’t mean it’s harmless. As the US confronted a major resurgence of ...

Sustained herd immunity against measles in Finland suggests the measles-mumps-rubella, or MMR, vaccine provides long-term ...

There can be too much of a good thing, and that has been the case with Vitamin A in the U.S.. A recent study in JAMA Network ...

A new book argues that the link between the brain and mind is “mediated through culture.” Its practical implications extend ...

T cells are some of the immune system's most important warriors. They can stop tumor growth and even fight off severe ...

Amid a large measles outbreak in Texas in early 2025, which eventually peaked at 762 cases, Health and Human Services ...