A MedPage Today review found that 16 of the NIH's 27 institutes and centers are currently either led by acting directors or have no permanent director in place. "This has been sort of the slow version ...

Pain related to sickle cell disease (SCD) increases during menstruation, as do emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations, for many women and girls — according to a new, nationwide study ...

In recent years, medical guidelines and national policies have pushed hospitals to offer more palliative care to patients who are seriously ill. This has led to a major rise in palliative care use, ...

If confirmed by the US Senate, Jim O'Neill would be the first non-scientist or engineer to lead the agency, a big funder of ...

A panel that drives US vaccine policy will delay its upcoming meeting to the middle of March, according to a person familiar with the matter, as a legal challenge over the committee’s validity plays ...

New bibliometric tool combs through scientific literature, patents, and grants to forecast future impact, but experts disagree about its usefulness ...

WASHINGTON, DC -Jay Bhattacharya has been named as the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the world’s premier public health agency. Bhattacharya, who now heads ...

New research shows mindfulness training may reduce depression, especially in adults who experienced childhood abuse or neglect.

U.S. immigration authorities deported a 2-month-old baby with bronchitis to Mexico along with his family, a U.S. representative from Texas said. Related Articles ...

In a new study published in the journal Nature Genetics, Haolong Li, PhD, a researcher at Fred Hutch Cancer Center, and colleagues developed a way to monitor androgen receptor levels inside living ...

HealthDay News — As new infectious threats emerge worldwide, a key US health agency is quietly stepping away from language tied to pandemic planning, a change some experts warn could leave Americans ...

Federal health officials have rescinded all layoffs at the workplace safety agency critical to the health and safety of harvesters in the commercial fishing industry. The recent announcement from the ...