Geriatric care for LGBTQ+ adults who live in rural communities requires cultural competence training and diverse health care teams.

In September 2024, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a label update for Heplisav-B (hepatitis B vaccine [recombinant], adjuvanted) that included data from a post-licensure, observational ...

Findings from cohort 2 showed SER-155 reduced the relative risk for bacterial bloodstream infections by 77% compared with placebo. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough ...

Laboratory samples taken from infected people are suggestive of malaria, although more research is needed. HealthDay News — There’s early evidence that a mysterious flu-like illness that has sickened ...

Researchers found 25.6 million people aged 15 to 49 years had new herpes simplex virus (HSV)-2 infections and 519.5 million (13.3%) had existing (prevalent) HSV-2 infections globally in 2020. Manale ...

The majority (99.3%) of unvaccinated patients never tested positive for RV5. Morgan A. Zalot, M.P.H., from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and colleagues conducted a prospective cohort study ...

During the last 2 decades, the health span-lifespan gap widened globally among the World Health Organization member states, extending to 9.6 years. HealthDay News — Health span-lifespan gaps, ...

The burden of respiratory syncytial virus in young children continues to be high in the United States, according to study findings.

Life expectancy in the United States is worse than many other countries and declined from 1990 to 2021, according to study findings.

Vitamin D3 supplementation does not significantly reduce the risk for developing diabetes among older adults who are not at high risk for diabetes.

A third dose of COVID-19 vaccine is beneficial among older Medicare beneficiaries, regardless of prior medically attended COVID-19 diagnoses.

Tissue adhesive had a lower rate of surgical site infections when compared with suture for epidermal closure in dermatologic surgery.