Map Reveals Cities Facing Worst Mosquito Swarms This Summer
Mosquito season is coming around again, and this year it could be particularly bad for many Americans living…
We Now Know How Many People the CDC Is Monitoring for Hantavirus
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring 41 people in the US for the Andes…
AI can design viruses, toxins and other bioweapons. How worried should we be?
It’s hard to imagine that a snail could kill a person, but a particularly venomous group of marine…
A New Hantavirus Vaccine Is in the Works
US-based pharmaceutical company Moderna confirmed that it has been working on the development of hantavirus vaccines in collaboration…
Testing for ‘Bad Cholesterol’ Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
For decades, assessing cholesterol risk has been built around a simple idea: Lower “bad” cholesterol, lower your chance…
Credit HHS for a host of new steps that’ll boost public health — and save lives
For all our concerns over Robert Kennedy Jr.’s leadership, his Health and Human Services Department is advancing several…
Diabetes Detection Needs Better Tools. They’re on the Way
For decades, a diabetes diagnosis has relied largely on measuring blood sugar and seeing whether it crosses a…
New tool finds deadliest cancer years before tumors seen on scan
Many are split on whether AI is good for humanity, but a new AI-powered tool could prove revolutionary…
The Next Alzheimer’s Breakthrough Will Take More Than Just Science
Alzheimer’s research is entering a new phase, as treatments that have taken decades to develop begin to reach…
How NYC’s queen of gluten-free built an American empire after a devastating diagnosis
After a devastating diagnosis of celiac disease at age 20, Vanessa Phillips had to rewrite the menu in…
‘Bat feast’ animal videos at African cave offer clues to how deadly viruses spread
Researchers caught an African leopard on camera eating bats from a cave in Uganda. It might be the…
Yaks may hold the key to treating multiple sclerosis sufferers, study says
Scientists hunting for treatments and cures for multiple sclerosis may have found an unlikely ally — the yak.…