Category: Washington Post

Modern medical treatments are allowing more patients to enjoy longer and better lives with the ailment.

With the extremely contagious BA.5 variant spreading, and research showing people are often infectious for more than five days, CDC guidance has drawn criticism from some infectious-disease experts.

It’s complicated. But it’s good to know because there’s an upswing in covid-19 cases in many parts of the United States.

In a new memo Sunday, the president’s physician, said Biden’s positive antigen test was not surprising and that the president would continue to isolate.

As more communities welcome spaceports, questions are popping up about the facilities’ impact on the land and wildlife nearby.

The prep for a colonoscopy remains perhaps the biggest impediment to screening. That’s why the approval last year of a pill-based prep option for patients is welcome news.

The mechanics of the entire transplant system must be overhauled, a government review concluded, citing aged software, periodic system failures, mistakes in programming and over-reliance on manual input of data.

Rebound cases, in which someone has symptoms or tests positive for the coronavirus after completing treatment and testing negative, have been described as rare.

As many as 1 million high-risk men may be unable to get two Jynneos doses for months.

Trying to figure out why my hearing loss occurred had been mind-boggling. Often, it has left me feeling vulnerable.