President Donald Trump has ordered federal health agencies to review and potentially narrow the list of vaccines recommended for kids. 

The executive order signed Friday aligns on a scientific assessment released earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which noted that that the United States "recom... Full Page

Scientists may be one step closer to staging Alzheimer's disease with a simple blood test.

The test could offer a cheaper, less invasive alternative to brain scans and spinal taps now used to diagnose and determine the extent of disease.

Researchers developed a model that uses just two forms of tau protein in the blood to track Alzhe... Full Page

A smartphone app can help individuals with advanced cancer deal with symptoms and maintain their quality of life, according to new research.

The SUPPORT+ app asks them each week to complete a short questionnaire about their physical and emotional symptoms, researchers reported at a meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASC... Full Page

Pediatric flu vaccines significantly reduce cases of influenza among children, a new study finds.

For every 100 children vaccinated, as many as 14 fewer children come down with the flu, researchers reported June 1 in JAMA Pediatrics.

"In the United States, that's hundreds of thousands, if not a million cases of flu that we c... Full Page

A recently approved asthma drug can help those with asthma take fewer steroid drugs while keeping attacks under control, according to clinical trial results.

People taking tezepelumab (Tezspire) were nearly three times more likely to achieve greater reductions in daily steroid use while maintaining asthma control, compared to those on a pl... Full Page

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With these sorts of hashtags, TikTok videos are fostering a culture that promotes illicit vaping among underage youngsters, a new study says.

For the study, researchers used eight illicit vaping-related hashtags to identify and analyze dozens of TikTok vi... Full Page