Who knew you could do open-heart surgery in the trauma room?

Transit Officer Paul DeGeorge thought his son was lying on him. Then he realized something much scarier was happening.

Workers at a Kansas hospital failed to properly sterilize and disinfect open-heart surgery devices, leading to slow-growing M. chimaera infections and deaths, according to multiple lawsuits. The post ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Women’s bodies are different from men’s in ways ...

SOUTH WEBER, Utah — What started as a simple runny nose last weekend quickly turned into what no parent ever expects. Just one week before his third birthday, Jace Patrick was excited about an ...

Lori Sepich smoked for years and sometimes skipped taking her blood pressure medicine. But she never thought she’d have a heart attack. The possibility “just wasn't registering with me,” said the ...

Lori Sepich smoked for years and sometimes skipped taking her blood pressure medicine. But she never thought she’d have a heart attack. The possibility “just wasn’t registering with me,” said the ...

Heart disease, already the leading cause of death for women in the United States, will soon become an even bigger issue impacting nearly 15% of the female population by 2050, according to projections ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup. First up, a worrying prediction ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Mariposa Women’s Hospital, a new behavioral health hospital for women, is under construction in Tampa. It’s a first-of-its-kind in Florida. Administrators say what makes the hospital ...

Alexandra Eala serves to Dayana Yastremska during their second-round match at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., Friday, March 6, 2026. Two female tennis players competing at the Indian ...