Not so long ago, undergoing a total hip or knee replacement and recovery was a grueling and often painful ordeal. While these ...

The federal government estimates there are 2.6 million immigrants living in California without legal status. The state had ...

President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" cuts federal spending on Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplaces by ...

As summer ushers in peak mosquito season, health and vector control officials are bracing for the possibility of another year ...

From a barbecue explosion to a severe firework injury, a lot can go wrong when celebrating the Fourth of July.

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Inappropriate polypharmacy—the excessive or unnecessary use of multiple medications—is a major driver of emergency hospital ...

Researchers have long focused on the STING (Stimulator of Interferon Genes) pathway as a way to harness the immune system's ...

A research team has discovered that a specific group of neurons in the amygdala, a brain region involved in emotion ...

An Australian man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, health officials said ...

A new study from Mass General Brigham researchers offers a stark reminder of how pervasive cell phone use while driving is ...

Expressing love may lead to increased feelings of being loved, which can have downstream effects on people's senses of ...