An artificial lake off the west coast of Sicily was once one of the largest sacred pools in the ancient Mediterranean 2,500 years ago -- and it was aligned with the stars, according to new research.
"Long Covid" patients join more than 24 million Americans suffering from chronic illness. Poet and "The Invisible Kingdom" author Meghan O'Rourke explains that new awareness of how infections can affect bodies is helping advance study of other illnesses, including autoimmune disease.
With increased reports of depression and bias-based bullying among people who identify with terms including nonbinary, transgender and pansexual, now may be time for the adults of the United States to become more inclusive, a new study shows.
A month after the US Food and Drug Administration delayed key steps toward authorizing Covid-19 vaccines for children under 5, many parents are more eager for the shots than ever.
The US public and even some health experts may have underestimated the Covid-19 vaccine made by Janssen, a division of Johnson & Johnson, new data shows. And there's emerging evidence that it could still play an important role ahead.
The number of deaths in the US involving alcohol jumped 25.5% between 2019 and 2020, the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research published Friday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Experts say Covid-19 vaccinations in the United States are going extremely well -- but more people need to be protected and the country may be at the start of another surge.
As more than 100 million Americans have received Covid-19 vaccines, experts are calling on the federal government to set standards for vaccination "passports" that may serve as proof.
The highly contagious Covid-19 variant first identified in the UK has now been reported in every state in the US, and experts are concerned spreading variants could send cases surging.
