Health & Science

Commonly referred to as “forever chemicals,” PFAS are found in many everyday products and even inside our bodies. So what are they?

Research suggests that concussions from football can raise the risk of Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

The flu’s arrival is still about a month away, but health professionals say the latest shots are now available to protect yourself from whatever the annual season of misery might bring. “We don’t have any indication that a bad flu season is coming based on currently available data,” said Dr. Shira Doron, of Tufts Medical Center The CDC recommends...

Black women are more likely than white women to die from even the most treatable types of breast cancer, a study published Tuesday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found.

A new filtration material made from natural substances could become a new tool to remove “forever chemicals” from drinking water, according to a group of researchers who are developing the technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. The material, derived from silk and cellulose, has been shown to filter out PFAS and heavy metals, both of which pose…

A Massachusetts psychiatrist has a warning about common prescription ADHD medications, which she says may increase the risk of psychotic and manic episodes when taken in high doses. Dr. Lauren Moran of McLean Hospital in Belmont, published a study with the risk findings on Thursday, which she said was sparked by her own observations while working as an inpatient psychiatrist…

A new study is tying high doses of common ADHD treatments like Adderall to increased risk of manic or psychotic episodes.

Doctors and public health workers across the U.S. are racing to develop innovative and unconventional strategies to test and treat people for the infection.

The biotech industry has become a critical piece of Massachusetts’ economy, but economic headwinds have led to layoffs and empty lab space. MassBio has released a new industry snapshot saying that those layoffs have been offset by new jobs.

Four people have received hearts or kidneys from pigs. Some of their relatives recount a roller coaster of hope and uncertainty.

Greater Boston — particularly Kendall Square in Cambridge and more recently the Seaport District — has become a global leader in the biotech industry over the past decade and a half, but do the hundreds of local layoffs signify a threat to what has become a critical piece of Massachusetts’ economy? Likely not, say industry leaders, rather, they explain that…

Scientists have long considered that the world’s most common sexually transmitted infection, human papillomavirus, or HPV, may be a driver of infertility.

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a virus first discovered in 1958 that causes fever, headache, muscle aches and exhaustion and eventually painful, fluid-filled blisters, or “pox,” over the body.

Bekele, from Fairfax, Virginia, is being recognized for developing an affordable bar of soap that could make delivering medications for skin cancers, including melanoma, more accessible.

Ketamine is a prescription medication which is also abused recreationally under the street names Special K, Super K and Vitamin K. Here’s what you need to know.

A blood test to screen for colon cancer was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Monday. It’s from Guardant Health and it’s called Shield.

A prominent doctors’ group worries that a condition in infants that can affect breastfeeding known as tongue-tie is being overdiagnosed in the U.S. and too often treated with unnecessary surgery.

New research suggests certain blood tests could help doctors diagnose Alzheimer’s disease faster and more accurately.

Measles is a highly contagious airborne disease caused by a virus that can lead to severe complications and death.

A study published Wednesday in the journal Nature outlines a clear pathway for how the disease likely develops, pointing to abnormalities in the immune systems of people with lupus.