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MADRID — Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed …

A man’s lower jaw recovered from a medieval church in Aberdeen reveals the oldest known use of a dental bridge in Scotland, …

A Devils Hole pupfish is pictured at the Ash Meadows Fish Conservation Facility in Nevada. Scientists recently took captive-bred pupfish from this …

In the new review article, “Categorization is Baked into the Brain,” cognitive scientists Earl K. Miller, Picower Professor of Neuroscience at MIT, …

Researchers led by metabolism expert Prof Timo D. Müller at Helmholtz Munich have developed a new strategy to treat obesity and type …

June Ward (right) — pictured with her sisters Susie Gilliam (center) and Karen Douthitt (left) — carries a rare gene mutation that …

The White House’s new strategy for addressing the nation’s drug crisis calls for a number of consensus public health measures: the overdose-reversal …

A new clinical trial suggests that giving immunotherapy before surgery may dramatically improve outcomes for certain colorectal cancer patients. In the NEOPRISM-CRC study, …

A new study finds an extra 1,000 steps per day is linked to a decreased risk of complications after surgery. The study …

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Gliomas are primary brain tumors that originate in the brain, and glioblastoma is a particularly aggressive type of glioma. In the video …

A biomaterial designed to travel through the bloodstream could offer a less invasive way to calm inflammation and help injured tissue repair …

Rise and shine, another busy day is on the way. However, this is also shaping up as a beautiful day as well, …

Ribosomes, the cellular machines that assemble proteins, are made from dozens of proteins and RNA molecules. Putting all of those pieces together …

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive brain disorder and a leading cause of dementia worldwide. Despite years of research, there is still …

A woman dressed as a mifepristone pill is at rally outside the US Supreme Court on April 2, 2025. Drew Angerer/AFP via …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A rodent-borne illness is suspected of causing an outbreak aboard a cruise ship that has killed three people and sickened others. …

This aerial picture shows a general view of a cruise ship off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on …

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There is a troubling contradiction at the heart of the global transition to a cleaner, greener, tech-driven future: Modern technologies — everything …

Nearly 400 physicians from Yale Medicine were included in Connecticut Magazine’s 2026 “Top Doctors” list, which highlights physicians across a range of …

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered a built in process that can remove existing amyloid plaques from the brains of …

Nicole Saphier, President Trump’s nominee for surgeon general. Theo Wargo/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Theo Wargo/Getty Images President Trump has nominated …

A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking the mailing …

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For decades, the race to transplant a donor liver has been measured not in days, but in hours. A surgeon gets the …

Mifepristone tablets sit on a table at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames, Iowa, on July 18, 2024. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption …

Pioneering geneticist J. Craig Venter has died at the age of 79, according to his namesake research institute. K.C. Alfred/The San Diego …

When she was a child, MIT senior Olivia Honeycutt would spend summers on her grandparents’ farm in rural Alabama outside Birmingham. The …