Teenagers who spend less time in front of screens and more time in extracurricular activities such as sports and art fare better in terms of mental health, according to the findings of a new study.
An election employee in New Haven, Connecticut, has tested positive for the coronavirus, leading to a dozen other workers being quarantined, city officials said Wednesday.
A new device that swabs earwax to detect a stress hormone may transform care for people battling depression and other stress-related conditions, researchers say.
It may be hours or even days until a winner is declared in this year’s presidential election, meaning many will have spent days watching the analysis and results, holding onto hope that their candidate finishes on top.
While early poverty in the household is already associated with impaired brain development among kids, a new study takes it further, linking impoverished neighborhoods to kids' smaller brain volumes and worse cognitive functioning.
While it may be impossible to pinpoint a coronavirus infection down to the time and place that it happened, health experts have advised next steps to take after suspected exposure.
The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can infect cells in the mouth, which may spur the virus's spread both in the body and to other people, according to a preliminary study.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned about the possibility of false positives that can occur when using rapid antigen tests to detect coronavirus, particularly if the test is not used correctly.
Newly confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus among children in the U.S. are surging, reaching a one-week high last week, according to estimates from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
Anxiety over the 2020 presidential election coupled with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has been building for months, and when the results finally start to roll in tonight the temptation to stay up until the end becomes too much for many.
