A new way of diagnosing lung cancer with a blood draw is 10 times faster and 14 times more sensitive than earlier methods, according to University of Michigan researchers.

Environmental phenols are found in a wide range of common consumer products. They include preservatives in packaged foods, parabens in shampoos and bisphenol A (BPA) in plastic dishware, so humans have broad exposure to them, day in and day out.

Houston Methodist researchers will be part of a national consortium funded by an up to $49 million award from the U.S. Government's Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to develop a vaccine against two of the most common and destructive strains of herpesviruses that latently infect a majority of Americans and can lead to acute infections, multiple forms of cancer, autoimmune disease and birth defects.

Study by IIT Delhi shows fixing roads and clearing garbage dumps can reduce pollution by 15-26%.

Today's Bug of Week is actually just a baby bug. A very large baby bug.

Researchers review the reemergence and range expansion of Oropouche virus in South America, highlighting risks of spread to the U.S. and need for improved diagnostic tests. Over 9,000 cases and two deaths were reported in 2024.

The School of Dentistry at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) earned the first National Institutes of Health grant under its new Center for Pain Therapeutics and Addiction Research, addressing pain in patients with head and neck carcinoma.

In this study, the Cancer Research UK-funded scientists will establish the targets for the vaccine. They will find out which proteins on the surface of early-stage ovarian cancer cells are most strongly recognized by the immune system and how effectively the vaccine kills mini-models of ovarian cancer called organoids.

Taking a dose of the oral antibiotic doxycycline after a high-risk sexual encounter has dramatically reduced the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in places where the strategy is being tried.

Women in the UK are far more likley to develop MS than men. A range of factors can also mean the symptoms of the disease can affect women in a very different way

The Government has pledged nearly £22 billion to fund projects that capture carbon emissions from polluting plants and store them underground.

Black and Hispanic faculty members seeking promotion at research universities face career-damaging biases, with their scholarly production judged more harshly than that of their peers, according to an ...

Scientists at the University of Oxford are creating OvarianVax, a vaccine which teaches the immune system to recognise and attack the earliest stages of ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer affects the ovaries two small oval-shaped organs that are part of the female reproductive system

A severe rainstorm struck Bosnia overnight Friday, killing at least 16 people in floods and landslides in several towns and villages in central and southern parts of the country, with surging waters rushing into people's homes as they were sleeping.

The vaccine is being developed by the University of Oxford

The research team found nine disease-causing variants at much higher frequencies in Wales, including one causing an inherited form of kidney stones disorder, which is 44 times more common in south Wales than in the general population

A number of rare variants were found to be more prevalent in areas including Lancashire, Staffordshire and Nottinghamshire

Accelerating the decline in tobacco smoking globally, by decreasing smoking prevalence from current levels to 5% everywhere, could increase life expectancy and prevent millions of premature deaths by 2050, according to a study from the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries and Risk Factors (GBD) Tobacco Forecasting Collaborators published in The Lancet Public Health journal.

Researchers have recorded the first expression of erythrism (an unusual congenital manifestation of reddish skin pigmentation) in golden jackals, Canis aureus, in the Nilgiris. The record is the first that has been made in the golden jackal’s entire distribution range.

Will the plan announced today make a difference to the planet and is it worth the huge price tag?

Researchers investigate the excess mortality associated with tropical cyclones in the contiguous United States.

More than 210 people are now confirmed dead after Hurricane Helene carved a path of destruction through several US states, officials said Thursday, making it the second deadliest storm to hit the US mainland ...

University of Maryland biologists have identified a hidden sensory talent in geckos that's shaking up what we thought we knew about animal hearing.

At least 16 people have died in floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina and many others were reported missing as torrential rain and landslides hit the centre of the country, officials said.

A new study from researchers at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) shows environmental conditions in migratory birds' winter homes carry over to affect their ability ...

A new testing technique developed using synchrotron light could significantly improve how we monitor the effectiveness of remediation practices for removing selenium contamination from mining activities.

Large-scale migration of Danainae butterflies from Eastern Ghats to Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu due to favorable rainfall.

Researchers from King's College London say that victims of state scandals feel let down and dissatisfied with current compensation schemes which have "exacerbated the harm already suffered."

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system.

It marks the first domestically-acquired case of human rabies in Ontario since 1967.

The way in which brains shrink in those who develop Alzheimer's disease follows no specific or uniform pattern, finds a new study by researchers at UCL and Radboud University in the Netherlands.

A world-first cancer vaccine could be in the hands of those with genetic indicators in the next five years, thanks to the pandemic

A decade after the establishment of the certified community behavioral health clinic (CCBHC) model, more than 60 percent of the US population has access to such facilities and the mental health and substance use disorder treatment services they provide, according to a new study led by researchers at the NYU School of Global Public Health.

In new research, a team led by University of Cincinnati researchers has identified a potential new way to make radiation more effective and improve outcomes for patients with lung cancer that has spread to the brain.

A research team from the University of California, Irvine is the first to reveal that a molecule in the brain – ophthalmic acid – unexpectedly acts like a neurotransmitter similar to dopamine in regulating motor function, offering a new therapeutic target for Parkinson's and other movement diseases.