This February 28 is Rare Disease Day! Many people worldwide come out to celebrate and show their support on this day to those who have rare diseases. For those living with a rare disease (or know a loved one), they come out and share their stories t ...
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have solved a long-standing mystery about the origin of one of the cell types that make up the ovary. The team also discovered how ovarian cells share information during development of an ovarian follic ...
Human testing of a second investigational Ebola vaccine candidate is under way at the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) are conduct ...
Thousands of doses of experimental Ebola vaccines should be available in the coming months and could eventually be given to health care workers and other people at high risk of the deadly disease, according to the World Health Organization. No vacc ...
Comprehensive review published in the New England Journal of Medicine also discusses why marijuana health risks are greatest for teen users. The current state of science on the adverse health effects of marijuana use links the drug to several sign ...