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A new treatment may halt cluster headaches. But some say psychedelic drugs are the real answer.

Activists have won the help of key allies in academia and pharmaceutical industry to study the effectiveness of magic mushrooms and LSD.

As telehealth visits become more common, here are ways you can make the most of your consultation

Check your tech and describe your symptoms as a doctor would.

Free films festival tells stories of global health

The World Health Organization’s virtual event features shorts from many nations, including India, South Korea, Portugal and Malaysia.

Your questions about coronavirus vaccines, answered

With three coronavirus vaccines receiving federal clearance, we answer your questions — from when you should get vaccinated to how they work and how they were made so quickly.

Fully vaccinated people are at low-risk from travel, CDC says

Updated guidance reflects studies showing how vaccines help protect against coronavirus infections.

As coronavirus infections and vaccinations surge, hope collides with dread

With a fourth wave of cases looming, the virus again divides people — this time into the vaccinated and the unvaccinated.

A high schooler wanted infection-detecting sutures to be more accessible. She used beets.

In the lab, she observed that beet-dyed sutures changed colors “almost instantaneously” when the pH level changed from healthy to infected.

‘We can do this’: Biden unveils pro-vaccine TV ads, network of grass-roots leaders to push shots

Administration to spend more than $10 million on ad campaign in April.

Coronavirus vaccines are coming for kids — but studies have to be finished first

The threshold for herd immunity almost certainly won’t be reached without providing vaccines to many of the approximately 75 million people under the age of 18.

Top Trump adviser warned then-president on virus supply shortage, then pursued controversial deals

Democrats probe more than $1 billion in “haphazard” supply contracts, citing new documents.