medicine

Changing the name could lead more low-risk patients to skip unnecessary surgery and radiation

Johnson & Johnson’s new CEO Joaquin Duato says in his first interview that AI in medicine will lead to innovations including real-time surgery decisions.

AstraZeneca has taken a roughly £25 million ($33 million) stake in U.K. health start-up Huma, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Nathan Chen’s sister Janice co-founded Mammoth Biosciences while watching her brother skate in the Olympics. Her plan: get the CRISPR start-up to $100 billion.

The free mega clinic will provide access to basic care that isn’t available to those without a primary care doctor. Darsha Philips reports for Today in LA on Sunday, March 6, 2022.

In 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams became the first surgeon to perform open-heart surgery on a human. He started his career as one of only four practicing, Black doctors in Chicago and cared for Black and white patients.

The first African American woman doctor to secure a medical patent did so in 1988 for laser cataract surgery. Learn more about the extraordinary life of Dr. Patricia Bath.

Bringing workers back during winter 2022 is a mistake, says a pulmonary medicine expert, based on the virus science and employee psychological concerns.

Amid the rise in telehealth and digital health, devices like the Apple Watch and Fitbit Sense are moving beyond fitness tracking to collect more medical data.

About half of the jump in Part B premiums next year is due to the potential cost of covering Aduhelm, a drug targeting Alzheimer’s disease. Here’s why.

The new Covid variant omicron will likely “overwhelm the whole world” in the coming months, according to Singapore doctor Leong Hoe Nam.

One in five people in the U.K. with a bloodstream infection in 2020 had an antibiotic-resistant one, according to the U.K Health Security Agency.

Covid restrictions in Singapore have been extended for four more weeks, authorities announced Wednesday after new daily cases hit a record high on Tuesday.

Israel and Bahrain want eligible residents to take their Covid booster shots — and those who don’t do so risk losing privileges for the fully-vaccinated.

1 in 12 Black Americans have sickle cell trait, which can cause sickle cell disease. But many who suffer have had doctor visits where their pain was not taken seriously – or it was assumed they’re just trying to get pain medicine. Phillip Okwo and Quannecia McCruse from the Sickle Cell Association of Houston explain
more during National Sickle Cell Awareness Month.

The Covid wave may mean people are gaining further protection against future infection while avoiding severe illness, two medical experts told CNBC.

House Democrats approved a bill to protect abortion rights, a symbolic response to the Supreme Court’s refusal to block a Texas law banning most abortions.

Singapore confirmed 1,009 new infections on Saturday, and 1,012 new cases on Sunday, according to data from the health ministry.

Klobuchar said the cancer was removed following a lumpectomy, which was followed by radiation treatment.

AstraZeneca’s CEO told CNBC the company did not have a “precise answer” on whether a third dose of its Covid-19 vaccine would be needed.