Category: 5. Health

Seasonal allergies – triggered by pollen – appear to make deaths by suicide more likely. Our findings, published in the Journal of Health Economics, show that minor physical health conditions like mild seasonal allergies, previously…

It will be important to mind the gap here—the gap between how much women and men may be spending…

China’s biotech sector is surging. For the first time, it now leads the world in clinical trials and new drug licensing. The U.S., once the undisputed leader in pharmaceutical…

Genetic inheritance may sound straightforward: One gene causes one trait or a specific illness. When doctors use genetics, it’s usually to try to identify a disease-causing gene to help guide diagnosis and treatment. But for most health…

The application of AI technology in healthcare is likely one of the most important and substantial contributions of human kind in the 21^st century….

More than three-quarters of U.S. counties and jurisdictions are experiencing declines in childhood vaccination rates, a trend that began in 2019, according to a September 2025 NBC News–Stanford University investigation. The report also…