About 40% of US adults are obese, government survey finds
MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — About 4 in 10 American adults are obese, and nearly 1 in 10 is severely so,...
Generic drugmakers sold most opioids during overdose crisis
GEOFF MULVIHILL and LARRY FENN
Associated Press
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals doled out lavish perks for top U.S. employees who hit or beat sales goals for prescription...
In rough US flu season for kids, vaccine working OK so far
MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — It may end up being a bad flu season for kids, but early signs suggest the...
U.S. medical schools boost LGBTQ students, doctor training
LINDSEY TANNER
AP Medical Writer
Aliya Feroe recalls the flustered OB-GYN who referred her to another physician after learning she identified as queer. For Rhi...
80 is not the new 70: Age may bias heart care, study finds
MARILYNN MARCHIONE
AP Chief Medical Writer
People are more likely to buy things when prices end in 99 cents rather than rounded up to the...
Amid coronavirus fears, a second wave of flu hits US kids
MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — A second wave of flu is hitting the U.S., turning this into one of the nastiest...
China’s Communist Party faces recriminations over virus
KEN MORITSUGU and MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — China's ruling Communist Party faced public anger and recrimination Friday over the death of a...
Mayo clinic researchers test novel injection of gene therapy vectors into the kidney
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – Before gene therapy can be used to treat renal diseases, delivery of therapeutic genes to the kidney must become much...
Chinese doctor who sounded the alarm about the virus dies
KEN MORITSUGU
Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese doctor who got in trouble with authorities in the communist country for sounding an early warning...
In virus outbreak, fretting over a name that might go viral
MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — West Nile virus, Lyme disease, Ebola virus.
And now: 2019 nCoV?
"Just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?"...