Health Feb 27

The person in California doesn't appear to have the usual risk factors of having traveled abroad or being exposed to another patient.

Politics Feb 25

Klobuchar is trailing Sanders and most of her other rivals ahead of Tuesday night's debate in South Carolina.

Health Jan 31

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first treatment for children with peanut allergies.

Health Jan 16

Malaria is one of the world's deadliest and most stubborn diseases. Now babies in three African nations are getting the first vaccine for malaria in an unusual pilot program.

Politics Dec 17

Dr. Kevin O'Connor, who has been Biden's primary care physician since 2009, writes in a three-page note that the Democratic presidential candidate is in overall good shape — he’s trim, exercises and keeps his cholesterol at healthy levels with the…

Health Dec 17

The rules proposed Tuesday aim to ease an organ shortage so severe that more than 113,000 Americans linger on the transplant waiting list — and about 20 die each day.

Health Aug 12

The preliminary findings prompted an early halt to a major study on the drugs and a decision to prioritize their use in Congo, where a yearlong outbreak has killed more than 1,800 people.

Politics Jul 10

President Donald Trump is directing the government to revamp the nation's care for kidney disease, so that more people whose kidneys fail have a chance at early transplants and home dialysis — along with better prevention so patients don't get…

Health Jun 08

To save babies from brain-damaging birth defects, University of Pittsburgh scientist Carolyn Coyne studies placentas from fetuses that otherwise would be discarded — and she’s worried this kind of research is headed for the chopping block.

Nation Jun 05

Research using fetal tissue has led to life-saving advances including development of vaccines for rubella and rabies, and drugs for the HIV virus.