health and science

The Nikon Small World in Motion Video Competition recognizes the best movie or digital time-lapse taken with a microscope.

Japan’s health ministry has approved Leqembi, a drug for Alzheimer’s decease that was jointly developed by Japanese and U.S. pharmaceutical companies.

Finland is the No. 1 happiest country in the world, and they’re offering a free masterclass about happiness. Here’s what I learned from the course.

Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life.

Millions of Americans have an irregular heartbeat. But if AFib goes untreated it can be deadly. News4’s Eun Yang reports how a local facility is offering specialized care.

It marked the longest a genetically modified pig kidney has ever functioned inside a human, albeit a deceased one. And by pushing the boundaries of research with the dead, the scientists learned critical lessons they’re preparing to share with the FDA — in hopes of eventually testing pig kidneys in the living.

Researchers found a link between sedentary lifestyles and chronic illnesses that are linked with increased dementia risk.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention alerted doctors Tuesday about a rise in severe cases of RSV among young children in Florida and Georgia.

The vaccine has been successfully studied in lab animals for decades, but this is the very first human trial.

The vaccine has been successfully studied in lab animals for decades, but this is the very first human trial. News4’s Shawn Yancy reports.

“Parrotheads” and casual fans of Caribbean living mourned the death of “Margaritaville” singer Jimmy Buffett over the weekend, who died at the age of 76 after a years-long battle with a rare and aggressive form of skin cancer on Friday.

Nearly 30% of people waiting for organ donations are Black, but a much smaller percentage of donors are Black. During National Minority Donor Awareness Month, News4’s Jummy Olabanji talks to a mother and daughter inspiring others to give the gift of life.

The study takes a close look at the phenomenon known as “beer goggles.”

A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital has plucked an 8-centimeter (3-inch) wriggling worm from the patient’s brain.

Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of bacterial pneumonia. Here’s what you need to know.

The updated Covid vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax still need green lights from the FDA and the CDC before they roll out to the public.

A sister’s choice to donate her brother’s body for research is helping doctors learn how to one day use pig organs to save human lives.

For the first time in three years, Americans could head into the winter respiratory virus season with a measure of optimism, experts say, even as Covid cases appear to be ticking up. 

With a nationwide shortage limiting availability of ADHD medications, patients and their families are scrambling for solutions

The bacterial infection can cause skin breakdown and ulcers.