Medicine

Dr. Uche’ Blackstock discusses her new book, Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine, and why the history of systemic racism in medicine is hard to shake.

One common decongestant, phenylephrine, was found ineffective this fall. Doctors are skeptical about the rest of the over-the-counter cold cures lineup.

The three-week camp typically accepts students who are considered underrepresented in medicine, including women, minorities and people from economically-disadvantaged backgrounds.

The OSU research team tested AI's ability to create effective chemical reactions for medicine and accurately replicate reactions and provide alternative reactions for existing medicines.

Finding new uses for old medications isn’t a new practice. But when COVID-19 turned into a pandemic last year, the race was on to find anything already on…

Researchers at the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center have discovered an immune cell in mice that could unlock new therapies to repair or even regrow…

A study of more than 800 health workers, first responders and others finds that taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19 is no better than a placebo in preventing the illness.

The Cleveland Clinic has begun enrollment for a nationwide trial to test an anti-malarial drug’s effect on treating the coronavirus.

University Hospitals is approved to begin clinical trials of an antiviral drug that could possibly help treat COVID-19 patients. UH will receive the antiviral Saturday.

A new mini-documentary focuses on the contributions of black nurses during an 1940s epidemic of tuberculosis in New York. The film, “Black Angels: A…