Health Care

Widely used gowns, intended to protect people, can let too much liquid seep through, new studies suggest

The marker material conserved samples for up to a week

The dissolving device precisely targets individual nerves

The numbers of lives lost and dollars spent would have been significantly lower if coverage had been extended to everyone, a new study says

A group of teenagers in rural Utah are training to become sex educators so that they can teach their peers what they do not learn in the classroom

Research shows that antifat bias lowers the quality of care for higher-weight patients. Here is one patient’s story

Genome-wide association studies can sleuth out genetic markers that raise or lower COVID risk, but they miss social factors

To protect personal information from companies that sell data, some individuals are relying on privacy guides instead of government regulation or industry transparency

The technology could help patients exert control over their medical data

There are tools that hospitals can use to reduce the number of firearm injuries that come through the doors. We are piloting one such project

Recent findings blow up assumptions about who chooses to get vaccinated against the disease

But society is not prepared for the growing crisis of long COVID