MEDICINE

Seventy years ago, a polio epidemic swept through Wytheville, Virginia—and the town went on lockdown.

Starbucks is saying thank you to frontline workers helping the country through the coronavirus pandemic with the gift of free coffee throughout December.

Doctors’ white coats became common in the late 19th century, but they’ve recently given rise to “white coat syndrome.”

At the end of her life, Eva Perón was suffering from painful cancer and displaying erratic behavior, and her lobotomy may have been a way to treat both problems.

Some people are confused by the DO designation for health care providers, but it's not really so unusual.

When Ann Trow Sommers first arrived in New York City in 1831, she had no idea how notorious and vilified she’d soon become. In a matter of years, she’d craft a whole new identity for herself as Madame Restell, a prominent and wealthy abortionist.

There's an excellent reason why pharmacy locations like CVS and Walgreens make you walk all the way through the store before picking up your antibiotics.

Thinking of enrolling in one of the coronavirus vaccine trials being conducted around the country? Here's what you need to know.

In September 1932, Public Health Service officials recruited 600 Black men in Tuskegee, Alabama, to receive treatment for “bad blood.” The men had no idea they had become unwitting participants in one of the most controversial medical studies in recent ti

It all started when Dr. Stewart Adams took too many vodka shots the night before speaking at a Moscow conference.

The service, which is available in seven states and Washington, D.C., dispatches physicians to diagnose and treat patients who would prefer not to visit a walk-in clinic.

Children's Robitussin Honey Cough and Chest Congestion DM and Children's Dimetapp Cold and Cough have been recalled due to faulty dosing cups.