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Another case of the new coronavirus has been confirmed in a U.S. evacuee from China, this one in a person under quarantine in Texas. Health officials announced the 15th confirmed U.S. case case Thursday. The
Cancer research using experimental models—everything from cancer cells in a dish to patient tumors transplanted in mice—has been extremely useful for learning more about the disease and how we might treat it. For some cancers,
Scientists in the city at the center of China’s virus outbreak have applied to patent a drug made by U.S. company Gilead Science Inc. to treat the disease, possibly fueling conflict over technology policy that
This year’s Australian of the Year, Dr. James Muecke, is an eye specialist with a clear vision. He wants to change the way the world looks at sugar and the debilitating consequences of diabetes, which
New research shows simple changes to food packaging, like adding traffic light-coloured health star ratings and warnings about the amount of exercise needed to burn the calories in specific foods, would help consumers to make
The number of vaping illnesses in the U.S. is still rising, but at a slower pace. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday said another 121 cases have been reported, bringing the total
New government figures show more than 2,000 people have been diagnosed with vaping illnesses in the still-unsolved U.S. outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday said 2,051 confirmed and probable cases have
At some point over the last four years, Millennials somehow went from a lazy, entitled college cohort to a lot of humorless, overly-worked office drones. They became the burnout generation of a “hustle culture”—and so
A research team from the School of Chinese Medicine at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has successfully developed a novel aptamer, i.e. a single-stranded piece of DNA, for the treatment of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) with
Research has shown that while elite athletes overall are at decreased risk of death from cardiovascular problems, a certain group of athletes—football linemen in the United States—actually have higher risk than the general population than