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There's no approved vaccine yet from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the Ebola virus, but you can still protect yourself from other contagious viruses, like influenza. Influenza virus -- more commonly known as ...

The trajectory of chemicals appearing as emergent threats to human or environmental health has been recently studied through a meta-analysis of 143,000 peer-reviewed research papers. The work tracks the progress of these...

A Spanish nurse, who is the first known person to have contracted Ebola outside West Africa, is reportedly no longer infected with the deadly virus. Teresa Romero, 44 had treated two patients, who died of the disease at ...

Like dancers in a chorus line, atoms' movements become synchronized when lowered to extremely cold temperatures. To study this bizarre phenomenon, called a Bose-Einstein condensate, researchers need to cool atoms to a te...

In the wake of the Nobel Prize announcements earlier this month, we found this great infographic from our friends at Inside Science detailing the demographics of Nobel Prize winners. Winners for the prizes in physics, ch...

Scientists have new clues to what causes behaviors like pathological gambling, hypersexuality and compulsive shopping after a new study shows these behaviors may occur as the side effects of taking certain drugs, that af...

Go ahead and forget your wallet. Apple's new mobile payment app, Apple Pay, launched today (Oct. 20), and security experts say this high-tech way to pay seems like a safe alternative to swiping your credit or debit card.

When 26-year-old Hunter Smith, a first-year medical student at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, Connecticut, received an email Thursday informing him of mandatory Ebola training during the weeke...

The Orionid meteor shower peaks Tuesday and stargazers can observe shooting stars from Halley's Comet throughout the week. NASA will have an Orionid meteor shower live stream Monday beginning at 10 p.m. EDT. Unlike the P...

When Thomas Duncan flew to the U.S. from Liberia in September, it was to marry his longtime girlfriend and fiancée, 54-year-old Louise Troh. Now, 12 days after Duncan died from Ebola at a hospital in Dallas, Troh will b...

Colorado health officials want to ban marijuana-infused edibles like brownies, cookies and candy, according to the Associated Press. The Colorado Health Department cited concerns that marijuana treats are "naturally attr...

The family of Amber Vinson, the second nurse to contract Ebola at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital after treating Thomas Eric Duncan, has hired celebrity lawyer Billy Martin, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Now that 42 days have passed without any new cases of Ebola in Nigeria, the country is officially Ebola-free, the World Health Organization declared today.

Spin or superconductor? It's the "Apple vs Android" of the quantum computing world. Here's what you need to know to choose

Baffled by how a quantum computer is supposed to work? Some of the biggest brains in physics can't figure it out either. Here's a rundown of the basics (full text available to subscribers)

Can't wait to get your hands on a shiny new quantum computer? The good news is that you can buy one today. The bad news is nobody knows if it actually is one

What will you be able to run on your quantum computer? Here's our pick of the best apps in the pipeline

Older individuals who are subliminally exposed to positive stereotypes about aging showed improved physical functioning that can last for several weeks, a new study.

Obesity affects individual patient care, the healthcare system and nearly every organ in the body. People with obesity often have other health problems, including diabetes, heart disease, certain tumors and cancers, and ...

About 20 percent of younger siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder will develop the condition by age 3. A new study has found that 57 percent of these younger siblings who later develop the condition already ...

Tumor laterality (left-side vs. right-side) does not impact overall survival in breast cancer patients treated with breast-conserving surgery and adjuvant external beam radiation therapy, according to a study.