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Walgreens is launching Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy, a $24 billion business that integrates new gene and cell services with existing specialty pharmacy assets.

Telepathy is generally considered pure science fiction; fun, but never something that will actually happen. But new research suggests we may be closer than we think.

Experts warned against using weight-loss drugs as a fertility aid after a raft of articles suggested the medicines might help women get pregnant.

The plan proposes incentives and penalties to induce more resilient sourcing, but does not promote testing to help purchasers identify high-quality manufacturers.

The movie virus was inspired by the real-life Nipah virus, which causes a deadly infection of the brain.

Humana reported first quarter net income of $741 million and boosted its forecast for Medicare Advantage membership growth.

A study of 340 people with a prior Covid-19 infection reported that some loss of smell persisted in close to one third of the participants with long Covid one year later.

Bone fractures are often considered minor injuries. New research suggests this is far from the truth, especially for older adults.

The old adage, “use it or lose it”, seems to apply to our mental abilities as well as to our physical abilities.

A recent Lancet study of 4060 individuals reported that the pressure to lose weight from family and the media during adolescence could have long-lasting effects.

The benefits of being treated by a female clinician were especially pronounced among women, researchers found, possibly due to male physicians underestimating the severity of illnesses in their female patients.

A new study of over 776,000 patients found that those who were treated by women physicians had lower mortality and readmission rates than those who consulted male physicians.

From dengue to Zika to malaria, climate change Is altering the impact of infectious diseases throughout the world. A robust surveillance system may help.

Synthetic opioids described as "500 times more powerful than morphine" are being sold illicitly through U.K. social media, an investigation has found.