Health Sciences In The Media

An increasing number of people, including President Joe Biden, are getting infected with COVID-19 in spite of being vaccinated and boosted, but that doesn't mean the COVID-19 vaccine isn't working.

A large, prospective study found that women with endometriosis may have a higher risk of stroke compared with women without the chronic inflammatory condition.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer recently classified occupational exposure as a firefighter as carcinogenic, changing the previous classification of possibly carcinogenic.

Obesity prevalence is on the rise across the U.S., but some groups are at a greater risk for the disease than others.

Wastewater research suggests there are far more new cases of COVID-19 than shown on the state data dashboard.

A team of University of Arizona Health Sciences and College of Engineering researchers created a simple, portable and inexpensive method for detecting extremely low levels of norovirus.

A phase 3 clinical trial studying the use of ofranergene obadenovec in combination with paclitaxel failed to meet its primary endpoint in improving progression-free survival or overall survival in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

Patients with recurrent, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer have limited effective treatment options available, but a class of targeted antibody-drug conjugates represent a promising development for this population.

Some university faculty members in red states are publicly expressing concerns about the impact of right-wing policies on efforts to attract students and recruit qualified people to their institutions.

Theories suggested by Stuart R. Hameroff, MD, professor emeritus in the College of Medicine – Tucson, are cited in this story on consciousness and the quantum mind.