
A top-level vaccine panel in the United States government has voted to peel back guidance that newborn babies should receive a vaccine to shield against hepatitis B, a virus that can cause chronic liver problems.
On Friday, the Advisory Committee…

“Whenever there is an infectious emergency, the public respond remarkably, as they did during COVID-19,” wrote Sir Chris Whitty, chief medical officer for England, in his annual report published this week.
“Between emergencies it is easy to…
Dopamine neurons in a part of the brain called the midbrain may, with aging, be increasingly susceptible to a vicious spiral of decline driven by fuel shortages, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The…

Glioblastoma remains one of the most lethal solid tumors, with median survival measured in months despite surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Immunotherapies that…

Air pollution could be contributing to clogged arteries, a new study says.
People exposed long-term to common air pollutants have an increased risk of advanced heart disease caused by hardened arteries, researchers reported Thursday at the…