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(Brown University) A group of nine Brown University medical students has posted lay translations of the medical evidence considered by the grand jury in the Michael Brown/Ferguson, Mo., case. The effort to provide a stra...

Forensic specialists may have a new tool to catch perpetrators of sexual assault - and it is courtesy of the microbiome. The microbiome, the community of bacteria and viruses that live on and inside the human body, has b...

Customers at tanning salons face risk of injuries that can send them to the hospital, study finds. Skin burns and eye injuries most usual reason for ER visits.

Problems grow bigger with misinformation. With the kind of damage caused by false claims about Ebola, it is only fitting that they be given the collective distinction of being called the year's biggest lie.

Both Google and Apple are looking to capitalize on a shift toward health in consumer tech, providing apps and centralized locations for health data to be stored. But which platform is better and will claim victory?

In the mid-1800s, English chemist William Henry Perkin serendipitously synthesized the first non-natural dye: starting with coal tar, he was hoping to produce the malaria drug quinine but instead created mauve. His disco...

People who feel younger than their actual age have increased odds of living a long life. An expert from George Mason University explained why.

It's alive! Flu strains change all the time and scientists are hard at work trying to catch up. Even misses occur, vaccines still provide the best form of protection during the flu season.

Most people look to the holidays to get a respite from the problems of the year. Not in Sierra Leone this year, with celebrations banned to prevent a surge in Ebola cases during the holidays.

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