Health

Your kidneys silently filter 150 quarts of blood every single day — but what happens when they stop working?

Care innovations have allowed many more people with kidney disease to become parents. But pregnancy still carries risks

People frequently use medical cannabis to treat anxiety, depression and PTSD, but two new reviews show there is little evidence that it works

A federal judge on Monday issued a stay on the CDC’s move to reduce the number of routinely recommended childhood vaccines

Tens of thousands of people in the U.K. may be impacted by the outbreak of this disease, which is largely preventable with vaccines

From emergency oil reserves to nuclear scrutiny, bigger hail, and research on a connection between the aging gut and the brain

How Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s ideas about public health—from vaccines to seed oils—are shaping Americans’ health

A company that makes surgical simulators released a tool to train clinicians to diagnose a deep form of endometriosis

A communication pathway between the brain and the gut may be integral to how well the brain holds on to memories

The FDA on Tuesday approved leucovorin as a treatment for a rare genetic condition, not for autism, as the Trump administration had suggested

A study in Sweden found that some antibiotics affected microbial diversity in the gut more than others

Scientists just discovered a new species of magic mushroom, Psilocybe ochraceocentrata, that appears to have shared a common ancestor with the popular Psilocybe cubensis some 1.5 million years ago