Medicine

While the relationship between hypertension and the virus is complicated, some evidence shows long COVID can lead to “devastating” effects on blood pressure.

It’s the largest settlement to date among the many opioid-related cases that have been playing out across the country.

Add more boosters? Redesign to anticipate new variants? Researchers are evaluating possibilities for improvement.

Experts at Penn say nurses can play a major role by offering access to and helping patients understand accurate health care information.

The CDC says you can end isolation after five days. But emerging research shows with omicron, many people could be infectious for several days past that.

A new study shows that getting the COVID vaccine during pregnancy confers significant protection to infants after birth.

At a press conference, Canyon’s attorney and local medical and political leaders were optimistic a deal could be struck with Tower Health in 90 days.

Murphy touted the plan he says will cut the price of prescription drugs at a stop in Willingboro Mon., the same day three of the four bills were introduced in the Legislature

The FDA’s surprise announcement Friday set the expected schedule for vaccine eligibility for the youngest Americans back several months.

Governors in several states have rolled back mask mandates for schools but is it too soon in the pandemic to end universal masking in classrooms?

Symptoms can hang on for a while. Maybe longer than you expect, as a reporter for WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk learned.

Malaria kills more than half a million people per year, most of them small children.

A Penn study shows pandemic-era telehealth eliminated inequity in the rate of Black patients making it to primary care appointments after hospitalization.

Citing recent data from the CDC, officials in the Garden State will use all of their outreach strategies to promote boosters.

NPR has obtained the government's $5.3 million contract for the first 10 million courses of Paxlovid, an antiviral pill for COVID-19. Here's what's in it.