In a major international effort to evaluate potential treatments for Ebola disease due to Bundibugyo virus (BVD), the PARTNERS clinical trial has opened enrolm…

Former NFL star Chris Johnson is bringing back the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness of ALS as he fights the fatal nervous system disease. The Ice Bucket…

A common brain protein may be giving Alzheimer’s disease an unexpected way to spread, carrying toxic Tau proteins from damaged neurons into healthy ones. By bl…

How CRISPR could target the body’s epigenome—the software that controls our genes A handful of start-up firms are testing therapies that target specific epigen…

Proteins are responsible for most functions in the human body. However, their analysis, which is essential for understanding diseases, developing drugs and dis…

The waiting room outside the hepatology clinic at Rajagiri Hospital in Kochi is suspended between hope and despair. One man stares silently at the floor, weake…

A Texas dad eating at a BBQ joint was "fatally crushed by the preventable falling" of a pecan tree, with staff at two local businesses letting it rot and decay…

Humanitarian aid is critical to controlling the Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC due to armed conflict and distrust, with nearly 10,000 cases and 2,200 deaths sin…

Aging activates stem cells that increase abdominal fat cell production, explaining midlife weight gain. Blocking these stem cells could prevent obesity-related…

Americans' life expectancy and health have improved due to better treatments, public health efforts, and disease detection, with obesity and heart disease rate…

Pfizer and Valneva are seeking approval for a new Lyme disease vaccine after 476,000 Americans contract it annually. Hunters, a high-risk group, express cautio…