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 ...

Fatty liver disease can cause fatigue and upper-right abdominal pain in early stages. Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease is linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes. Untreated fatty ...

BRONCHIECTASIS may silently increase risk of non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection, according to new genetic evidence.

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 ...

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 ...

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes not from doing too much, but from spending years doing everything slightly wrong. Not because of a lack of effort or intelligence, but because the ...

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.