Medicine

Scientists are in the early days of creating a drug that can mimic cellular benefits of exercise for people unable to engage in physical activity.

Two early clinical trials that together included nine patients suggest that a treatment called CAR-T therapy could treat glioblastoma, but its long-term effects are unknown.

Consumers will soon be able to fill prescriptions for mifepristone at select CVS and Walgreens locations.

There are now RSV vaccines approved for older adults and for pregnant people, and antibody shots (not vaccines) available for babies. What's the difference?

Pfizer's recently approved RSV vaccine maintains a high and fairly steady rate of effectiveness across consecutive RSV seasons.

In the 1940s, the famous Luria–Delbrück experiment showed that bacteria evolve resistance to drugs they'd never encountered thanks to a random mutational process.

The FDA has approved the first drug that can reduce the severity of multiple food allergies at once.

In 1912, biochemist Casimir Funk discovered vitamins, and more than a century later his legacy lives on.

A drug called Aurlumyn has been approved to treat severe frostbite in the U.S. after a successful clinical trial.

Health officials have raised the alarm about illegal products containing tianeptine, also known as "gas station heroin."