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A 14-year-old student killed at least seven people, including his two grandparents and five school staff members, before taking his own life on Friday, Aug. 7, … Read more
Three horses in the Pyrénées-Orientales tested positive for West Nile virus in August 2026, following a human case detected in July. The virus, transmitted by Culex … Read more
Researchers at the Ragon Institute of Mass General Brigham, MIT, and Harvard have developed a new malaria vaccine strategy that targets previously overlooked regions of the … Read more
Real-world data and upcoming research highlight the effectiveness of BIC/FTC/TAF switching and long-acting ART for HIV patients, with ViiV Healthcare set to present phase IIIb trial … Read more
Northwestern University has received $20 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch the AI-Driven, Rapid, Experimental Automation Machine (DREAM) Cloud Lab, a publicly accessible … Read more
A University of Iowa researcher has secured a nearly $272,000 grant to investigate blood flow in the brains of women with a history of gestational diabetes. … Read more
Babies are recommended to receive four doses of pneumococcal vaccine to build protective antibodies against severe disease, permanent disabilities, and death, according to the Children’s Hospital … Read more
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Mayo Clinic have demonstrated that heart muscle cells grown from human stem cells can safely integrate into the … Read more
Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo have surpassed 4,000 for the first time during the second-largest outbreak in history. Driven by the Bundibugyo … Read more
Open conversations about perimenopause and menopause have grown significantly in recent years, driven by influencers, direct-to-the-consumer telehealth companies marketing to women in midlife, new books, podcasts, … Read more
Recent case-control and cross-sectional studies reveal a significant statistical link between low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and acute coronary syndrome. Researchers note that patients presenting with … Read more
A massive study of more than 10 million siblings published in Nature Health reveals that birth order is systematically linked to disease risk across hundreds of … Read more