Doctors may soon predict when women will enter menopause

A new study takes into account a woman’s lifestyle as an indicator of when she could enter menopause.

Moderna sues Pfizer, BioNTech claiming companies violated patents with COVID vaccine

Moderna said in its complaint that Pfizer and BioNTech copied some “critical features” of its technology, including making the same "chemical modification” to their mRNA, which is used for protein production.

Watch as men experience period pain with a menstrual cramp simulator

Men were asked to test their threshold for pain using a machine that simulates cramps, part of an effort to "remove the stigma" of periods.

Milestone set for organ donations in Midwest

After decades of recruiting people to become organ donors, the organization that manages organ transplants in the upper Midwest established a record-breaking month in July.

Trump administration pushed discredited COVID-19 treatment at FDA, House panel says

A special House panel looking into the government's coronavirus response says the Trump White House tried to pressure U.S. health experts into reauthorizing the drug hydroxychloroquine that had been discredited as a COVID-19 treatment.

Pfizer COVID shots appear 73% effective in children under 5

Only about 6% of youngsters ages 6 months through 4 years had gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Dad 'basically paralyzed from the shoulders down within two days' by illness

Each year there are fewer than 6,000 cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in the United States. But for those affected by the disorder, life can come to a screeching halt after it leaves them unable to move.

Fauci to step down after decades as top US infectious disease expert

Dr. Anthony Fauci directs the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is Biden's chief medical adviser, and also leads a lab studying the immune system.

Neighbors save man’s life when he had a heart attack on their front porch

The Pennsylvania man wasn’t feeling well and went to his neighbor’s house for help. That’s when he had a heart attack right there on their front porch.

Stillwater volunteer firefighter battling rare disease, overwhelmed by community

Late last month a volunteer Stillwater firefighter returned from a work trip to northern Minnesota with a virus his family thought at first was COVID-19. But within days, his headache, sore throat and body aches turned into paralysis of his face and neck, leaving him unable to breathe, speak or swallow.