Medicine

Over the past week, 1,521 more Delawareans were diagnosed with the flu, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 5,758. There also were five flu-related deaths.

As of Wednesday, 87 Delaware inmates have been diagnosed with the flu within the past two to three weeks.

Chief medical officer of new Pennsylvania dispensary is hoping doctors will begin recommending medical marijuana for patients instead of more addictive opioids.

Scientists have found a correlation between medical students engaging in the arts and humanities and showing qualities of openness, wisdom and empathy.

A millennial mom wants a black pediatrician for her girls and wrestles with why the search was so hard — and why finding a black doctor matters.

A new feature of the next iPhone operating system lets patients store information about medication, allergies, and lab results on their phones.

If a national version of this bill is approved, terminally ill patients could try experimental treatments that have completed some testing but don’t yet have FDA approval.

"I just signed your death warrant," Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said, in her Lansing, Mich., courtroom.

The Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom will protect workers who refuse procedures like abortion, or treat certain people, like transgender patients.

Settlement funds will go to 12,000 Aetna subscribers. The fact they were taking HIV medication was revealed through an envelope window in correspondence from the insurer.

There's no way to predict what strain of the shape-shifting flu virus could trigger another pandemic or, given modern medical tools, how bad it might be.

The University Medical Center of Princeton will become the sixth hospital in the University of Pennsylvania Health System.

CDC recommends vaccination because it still may provide protection against an array of influenza viruses.

More than 10,000 people have registered, but only about 1,188 have been approved so far.

While cautioning that much more research is needed, the scientists said they hope the technique might someday be used to prevent deafness in children.