The United States has far fewer flu cases than normal, and experts say it's probably due to measures people are taking to protect themselves from COVID-19.

An inhaled medication might make every day physical activity a bit easier for patients with serious scarring of the lungs, a new clinical trial finds.

Jan. 15 (UPI) -- People who take aspirin at least three times per week are more likely to survive bladder cancer, according to an analysis published Friday by JAMA Network Open.

Giving low-income women mammograms when they're hospitalized can boost their breast cancer screening rates, according to a new study.

Shorter quarantines for athletes, along with mid-quarantine testing, may improve their compliance without increasing the risk that they'll infect others, a new study suggests.

Jan. 15 (UPI) -- A more contagious strain of COVID-19 could become the "predominant" one in the United States by March, potentially undermining gains in infection control spurred by vaccines, researchers from the CDC predicted.

Jan. 15 (UPI) -- COVID-19 tests that use patients' saliva to screen for the virus are just as effective as those that use swabs collected from the nose and throat, an analysis published by JAMA Internal Medicine found.

Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The COVID-19 pandemic reduced life expectancy in the United States in 2020 by more than a year, from roughly 78.5 years to 77.5 years, an analysis published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found.

Many Americans most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic don't believe that racism is associated with poorer health, a nationwide poll shows.

Mindfulness is all the rage when it comes to boosting mental health, but new research suggests that it may not help everyone equally.

There's yet another reason to quit smoking: It increases the risk of deadly bleeding strokes, a new study warns.

Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The incoming Biden administration's plan to release more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine won't cause supply shortages, Dr. Celine Gounder, a member of the newly created COVID-19 advisory board said Thursday.

Biomarkers in sperm may help identify men at risk of fathering children with autism, researchers say.

Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Retinal stem cells collected from human cadavers offer a potential treatment for blindness, according to the authors of an article published Thursday by Stem Cell Reports.