Face masks or other face coverings are especially important because research shows that people become contagious before they start having symptoms or feeling ill....

Only 18% of severely sleep-deprived men and women were able to bank enough sleep to make up for chronic weekday sleep deficiencies....

Contact tracing, along with strategic testing, rapid isolation, and supportive quarantine, is an vital way of slowing the spread of the virus, which has been diagnosed in 2.6...

The products, which were shipped to stores in Arizona, Idaho, Oregon and Texas, have the establishment number "P-20728" printed on individual retail packages as well as product...

The G4 virus is genetically descended from the H1N1 swine flu that caused a pandemic in 2009, CNN reported....

Get to a nearby park and get in shape (safely)....

Nearly half of the physicians recognized in the annual “Top Doctors” issue of Atlanta magazine are physicians who are part of Emory Healthcare, EmoryHealthcare Network, Emory...

Nearly 300 children in 26 states fell ill with a mysterious COVID-related inflammatory condition between March and May, a pair of new studies show....

As COVID-19 has brought anxiety, worry, and social distancing, it has also brought piles and piles of trash and waste....

Working at home during a pandemic isn't an option for about three-quarters of U.S. workers, putting them at increased risk of infection, a new study finds....

COVID-19 is being diagnosed in Hispanic communities at a disproportionately high rate, a new study of the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., area shows....

New research found that only 13% of dog owners and about one-third of cat owners exclusively fed their pets conventional pet foods as their main meals all of the time....

More doctors have become aware of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTI), a nondrug treatment that can improve sleep by helping patients change beliefs and behaviors....

Primary care physicians, to whom many anxious patients turn first when their health declines, can’t always provide tests — or answers about where to get them....

Sophisticated drinks don’t have to include alcohol. For your next socially distant drink, mix up a pitcher....