There are two types of inflammation: acute and chronic. Acute inflammation is the kind that lasts a few hours, days, or weeks, and it’s helpful to healing. It’s your immune system’s response when ...

High levels of the stress hormone cortisol can cause weight gain, skin changes, and muscle weakness. Although short term spikes in cortisol when you're stressed are normal, chron Cortisol, known as ...

Virginia voters will soon step into the center of the national redistricting battles in a special election bound to influence which party controls Congress for the final two years of President Donald ...

A new COVID variant – dubbed Cicada – is being monitored by the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization. First detected in 2024 in South Africa, Cicada, officially known as ...

Voters in Virginia will decide on April 21 whether to redraw the state’s congressional map. Turnout is high, matching last year’s governor’s election. By Jonah Smith and Christine Zhang Virginians are ...

For many people, the COVID-19 pandemic feels like a distant memory. In reality, the SARS‑CoV‑2 coronavirus is still spreading widely across the globe and continues to evolve into new variants.

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A new COVID variant known as BA.3.2 has been detected across 25 U.S. states and may make immunity from vaccines or past ...

The common wisdom about catching a virus is that in a few days—a few weeks, tops—everything will be back to normal. And in many cases, that’s true. But as the flood of Long COVID cases during the ...

Bronchiectasis is a chronic and heterogeneous respiratory disease characterized by irreversible airway dilation, recurrent infection, persistent inflammation, and progressive functional impairment.

After putting an aggressive redraw of the state’s congressional map before voters, some Virginia Democrats are growing uneasy about its prospects for passage one month out from the special election.