Category: Washington Post

At least 45 cases of the viral illness have been identified in 15 states and the District, up from 20 cases a week ago.

Many popular assumptions about cancer are wrong and cause needless worry, sometimes prompting people to disregard prevention behaviors, such as exercise, quitting smoking or avoiding the sun, and can result in unwise treatment decisions.

Long-festering concerns about racial disparities in gynecologic and obstetric services are set against the backdrop of an imminent Supreme Court ruling.

Research also is starting to show it’s possible to quantify how much of a workout may make a difference after a diagnosis of the illness.

The study pertained to a small group of rectal cancer patients whose tumors shared a specific abnormality, but the therapy could have implications for similar subsets of cancers.

We desperately need something like a real set of rules when somebody has the illness. It’s easy to recognize the wrong things to say — especially after the fact — but what are the right ones?

A small drug trial is having a seismic impact in the world of oncology: After six months of an experimental treatment, tumors vanished in all 14 patients diagnosed with early stage rectal cancer who completed the study before its publication.

Company says updated vaccine produces more antibodies against omicron, but it’s unclear how effective it might be against latest strains.

The Novavax vaccine is a protein vaccine, a more traditional technology found in other commonly used immunizations such as hepatitis B and influenza.

The last surviving grandchild of Sigmund Freud described her grandfather as one of the “false prophets of the 20th century.”