MEDICINE & HEALTHRecent updates report 50 states, including Washington DC, are already infected with the COVID-19 delta variant. Experts recommend that people get vaccinated for protection against the virus.
A mouse study suggests that the gut microbiome could talk to the brain and influence the animal's social behavior. Researchers believe that this study shows promise in finding treatment for neurological disorders.
Science and health news agencies recently reported a field test of experimental African houses has proven that when carbon dioxide flows out, mosquitoes stay out, as well.
One of the factors that make the global coronavirus pandemic a protracted public health concern is the emergence of COVID-19 mutations - and a one-stop-shop vaccine sounds like a perfectly good idea.
Women's palates improve more than the men's after surgery, researchers found. A recent study refutes the notion that wisdom tooth extraction has a negative impact on taste.
Research suggests that the remains of a 5,000-year-old man retrieved from Neolithic burial grounds near the Baltic Sea were the first to be infected by the bacterium that causes the Black Death.
Tampa Bay has seen a rise in cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) that was first alerted in the southern states. Doctors now warn parents with young children.
Research suggests that enzymes in the liver that transmit to the brain could play a key role in reestablishing insulin sensitivity in Type-II diabetic patients.
Bat-borne coronaviruses expert Danielle Anderson, who worked at the Wuhan Institute of Virology has spoken up saying the COVID-19 leak at the Wuhan lab was possible.
Researchers from the University of Virginia have developed the first-ever lab-grown mouse embryo made with several stem cell types featuring the nervous system, gut, and heartbeat.
A new coronavirus test can analyze a large number of samples simultaneously and is 100 times more sensitive than current rapid antigen tests, offering great potential for testing in various settings.
Robot-assisted surgeries still require additional time and costs to deploy, not to mention that they're not necessarily safer or more successful than their human counterparts, a new study reveals.
A UK study found that mixing different brands of COVID-19 vaccines, specifically mRNA vaccines from AstraZeneca and Pfizer could give better protection that could last for several years.
In an astonishing effort to control the obesity epidemic, researchers have developed a weight-loss device that utilizes magnets and locking bolts to fasten teeth together.
Efforts to advance technology in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to some rather interesting breakthroughs - such as a machine learning algorithm that was trained to detect the presence of the disease by learning from everyday items.