Medicine

The International Monetary Fund revised its growth forecast for 2021 up to 4%.

A provision in the latest Covid stimulus package nixes people’s monthly COBRA premiums. Health care advocates worry people will miss out on the relief though.

Singapore needs a “suite of measures” beyond Covid vaccinations in order to open up its economy, said S Iswaran, minister for communications and information.

About 30% of American adults report suffering from heartburn or acid reflux. But before you reach for the meds, there are some simple lifestyle changes that might make you feel better.

Herd immunity refers to the situation where a disease cannot spread easily in a population because most people are immune to it.

The government will pay for laid off workers to maintain their employer-sponsored health insurance through September.

Alaska on Tuesday became the first state to make Covid vaccines available to anyone 16 and older who works or lives in the state, effective immediately.

Under the measure, the government will pay for laid-off workers to maintain their employer-sponsored health insurance. Here’s how it would work.

Countries cannot let their guard down and must ramp up efforts to contain COVID-19 in the face of more new cases, said Dr. Soumya Swaminathan of the WHO.

Dr. Cooper recalls one life-threatening experience during his internship at the Philadelphia General Hospital that shaped his approach to patient care and medicinal treatment.

The research, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, suggested the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine worked to neutralize the so-called N501Y mutation.

While a new price transparency rule is aimed at helping consumers shop around for services, it isn’t without challenges.

The emirate’s first batch of the Pfizer vaccines landed at Dubai International Airport late Tuesday night from Brussels.

The world has must be vigilant while the Covid vaccine is rolled out as it will take time for population immunity to be achieved, says Soumya Swaminathan from WHO.

Understanding your FSA is important. Here’s what you need to know and what unexpected items are eligible.

“We believe that this product will never be licensed in the U.S.,” one group of critical U.S.-based analysts wrote this week.

In future, artificial intelligence will help to diagnose patients and develop the medicine required at “very low costs,” says venture capitalist Tim Draper.

A coronavirus vaccine won’t be the silver bullet to end the pandemic, Singaporean minister Lawrence Wong said despite “promising” news from pharmaceutical firms.

Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice, and British-born scientist Michael Houghton were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Monday for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus, a major source of liver disease that affects millions worldwide.

New Jersey-based emergency room doctor Michele Harper speaks out about racism in the ER in her new book, “The Beauty in Breaking.”