Health

A researcher attributed the increase to awareness and improvements in detecting the developmental disorder.

More than 700 cases have been confirmed so far this year. NBC News is updating case totals twice every week.

Banks, who co-hosted the April 14 episode of “TODAY with Jenna & Friends,” recalled one part of her vitro fertilization experience that stuck with her.

Drugmaker Novo Nordisk reported that counterfeit 1-milligram injections were being sold through unauthorized distributors.

Scientists are genetically altering pigs so their organs are more humanlike to address a severe shortage of transplantable human organs.

If approved, the medication, which is already used to treat urinary tract infections, could become the first new class of antibiotic for the STI in more than 20 years.

Public health experts say the anti-vaccine views fronted by the HHS secretary are wrong and undermine trust in science. But a recent three-day gathering shows his followers still believe in him.

A pause to NIH funding has researchers scrambling for contingency plans at the University of Washington’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. The center’s brain bank is preserving more than 4,000 brains for research.

State health officials reported more than 500 flu-related deaths for the 2024-25 respiratory virus season, nearly on par with Covid deaths.

The health secretary criticized the agency's close industry ties and encouraged "whistleblowers" to speak out.

Mellencamp was first diagnosed with melanoma in 2022, and the cancer has since spread to other parts of her body, making it Stage 4.