Health & Science

The Alabama Supreme Court recently ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law. This is raising concerns about how the decision could affect in vitro fertilization, commonly known as IVF.

America’s top public health leader during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci, had a message for those who questioned decisions he made over the course of the pandemic.

Mothers often feel connected to their children; now science tells us that that the connection is literally true … and that idea is bringing comfort to a number of women who have suffered a loss.

The agency is requiring drugmakers to add a warning label to its CAR-T therapy products, but it noted that the benefits of the treatment still outweigh the potential risks.

After decades of good news in the fight against cervical cancer — marked by decades of steady declines in cases and deaths — a new report suggests that some women are being left behind.

A recent study by the University of Illinois links acetaminophen use in pregnancy to mild delays in children’s language development.

Nineteen-month-old Elijah Jack is unable to walk like most toddlers his age. Special needs children like him often take longer than most to become independently mobile.

A new study by the journal Pediatrics shows obesity rates are increasing among children in the U.S.

A prolonged decline in male fertility in the form of sperm concentrations appears to be connected to the use of pesticides, according to a study published this week.

Tuberculosis is a highly contagious bacterial disease spread through the air. Here’s what you need to know.

“We felt like with the lungs taken out we needed something to support his heart,“ said Dr. Ankit Bharat at the Northwestern School of Medicine. “The DD breast implants seemed to be the perfect fit, and frankly they were the biggest we could get.”

Two dozen adults safely tolerated a toothpaste with trace amounts of peanut protein in an early-stage trial.

A double-D breast implant followed by a lung transplant saved a Missouri man’s life at Northwestern Hospital, NBC Chicago’s Alex Maragos reports.

Syphilis cases in U.S. newborns again are on the rise. It has health officials calling for new measures to stop the increase, including encouraging millions of sexually active women of childbearing age and their partners to get tested.

Gonorrhea, the second most common STI in the U.S., has developed resistance to all antibiotics used to treat it, except for one last recommended therapy.

Maryland doctors say the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died.

At 90 years old, renowned Cleveland Clinic biochemist Dr. George Stark is part of a team working on an ointment that could cure skin cancer.

Leishmnaniasis is a parasitic disease that spreads bites from phlebotomine sand flies.

It’s been a month since a Maryland man became the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig.

Researchers in Sweden asked people to spend several nights in a sleep lab — and then hit snooze on their alarms in the morning.