Health

Should you take vitamin C or zinc when you are sick with a common cold or influenza? Immunologist Zachary Rubin explains which at-home remedies actually help.

A new study finds that even elite endurance athletes run up against a hard metabolic ceiling

A special class of immune proteins protect us from pathogens but also drive inflammation and cell death

A new WHO report warns of rising antimicrobial resistance, and researchers uncover satellite data leaks and insect surprises.

The FDA wants to reevaluate the use of aluminum adjuvants despite a long record of safe use in vaccines

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can be life-threatening, but there are new treatments to prevent and treat the disease.

School closures and hospitalizations from an unexpected early spike in flu cases in Japan has experts concerned about what lies ahead for other countries

Hundreds of people at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have received layoff notices, and work at many federal laboratories has been suspended

Thoracic surgeon Jonathan Villena explains why early screening for lung cancer is critical—even for those without symptoms.

A quarter of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff is gone after the Trump administration’s latest reductions in force and earlier layoffs

What happens when your body suddenly stops making the one hormone that keeps your blood sugar in check?

How a father’s love, entrepreneurship and tech advances could lead to a working artificial pancreas