New tool provides a framework to identify human genetic determinants of infectious disease outcomes.

A study comparing two approaches for diagnosing heart disease found that a risk analysis strategy is superior to the usual approach of immediately performing functional tests or catheterization for low- to intermediate-risk patients with new-onset chest pain.

An estimated 6.2 million Americans ages 65 and older are living with Alzheimer's disease.

Doug and Stefanie Kahn are very familiar with the statistics. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates as many as 5.8 million Americans had Alzheimer’s disease in 2020, and this number is expected to nearly triple in the next 30 years. Worldwide as many as 50 million people have Alzheimer’s.

Duke Health researchers have identified a unique process within the environment of deadly brain tumors that drives resistance to immune-boosting therapies and could be targeted to promote the effects of those drugs.

The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare this year selected the Diabetes Clinic at Duke Outpatient Clinic (DOC-DM) — a community-based practice that treats underserved and often the most medically-complex patients in the Duke system regardless of payer status - as one of eight semi-finalists in the county for its National Compassionate Caregivers of the Year Award.

Samuel L. Katz, MD, passed away on Monday, October 31, 2022. Dr. Katz was a world-renowned virologist, pediatrician, and chair emeritus and Wilburt C. Davison Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at Duke University School of Medicine.

Monday, October 31, the Duke University Medical Center Archives hosts a casual open-house event of

In laboratory and primate tests, a new pan-coronavirus vaccine developed by the Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) has demonstrated wide protection against SARS-CoV-2 viruses and variants, including Omicron BA.5

A. Eugene Washington, M.D., chancellor for health affairs at Duke University and president and chief executive officer for the Duke University Health System, has announced that he will step down from the roles on June 30, 2023.