Health

A new clinical study suggests that feeling 'hangry' is not just our imagination.

Subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are more transmissible, and early evidence shows both are capable of evading immune responses from previous infection as well as current COVID-19 vaccines.

A rare but deadly brain-eating amoeba has forced state officials to close an Iowa beach for swimming.

The Chinese capital Beijing appears to have backed off a plan to launch a vaccine mandate for entry into certain public spaces after pushback from residents.

The vaccine works by using spike proteins from SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID-19 — and seven other related animal viruses with the potential to cause a pandemic in humans.

The coronavirus pandemic could last for nearly two more years before becoming an endemic according to new Yale research.

The FDA change will make thousands more pharmacies eligible to quickly prescribe and dispense the pill, which has been shown to curb the worst effects of COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced LabCorp will begin utilizing its largest clinical laboratory to increase nationwide testing capacity on monkeypox. 

Banning abortion nationwide would also severely impact Black people, increasing maternal deaths by as much as 39%, the study found.

The Boston University CTE Center confirmed Tuesday that former Georgia Tech football standout and NFL star Demaryius Thomas had Stage 2 CTE when he died suddenly in December 2021. 

Acute trauma was the most common cause, followed by respiratory health reasons and gastrointestinal issues.

At his heaviest, the Missourian, who travels frequently for his sales job and has “lived on expense accounts” for decades, weighed about 540 pounds.