We usually decide it’s time to head to the doctor when we’re sick and in need of medical attention, but the key to staying healthier...
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The race is on to find a vaccine against coronavirus, the virus that has infected more than 1.5 million Americans, killing more than 90,000 and...
Brought to You by Black Health Matters and PhRMA For every prescription medication you take, biopharmaceutical companies go through years...
You may have heard about immunotherapy, which offers promising advances in cancer research and therapies. But you may not know exactly how immunotherapy works. “Immunotherapy...
January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about cervical cancer. Early-stage cervical cancer generally produces no signs...
What if scientists created a vaccine to prevent cancer but the public largely ignored it? Sadly, that’s where we are with the human papillomavirus, or...
4 vaccines you might not know your child needs Your children were vaccinated a lot when they were young, and those shots have helped protect...
The message remains the same: Get your flu shot It’s that time of year again: sniffles, body aches, fever and sore throat. And we repeat...
Pregnant women who receive the whooping cough vaccine have babies who are less likely to suffer from this highly contagious respiratory tract infection during their...
Texas health officials are investigating multiple outbreaks of mumps across the state, the highest number of cases of the disease in 22 years. One concentration...
