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The last time measles cases soared to this level was in 1992.

After reviewing tens of millions of insurance claims for the country's 49 most popular brand-name prescription drugs, a team found that net prices rose by a median of 76 percent from January 2012 through December 2017 --...

Seven key measures of heart health may help predict future risk of cardiovascular disease, according to researchers. They added that improving these measures may also help decrease the risk of CVD in the future.

More than 1 in 10 people with a range of non-cancerous lung diseases may be sick as a result of inhaling vapors, gas, dust or fumes at work, according to a new statement.

Some antidepressants could potentially be used to treat a wide range of diseases caused by bacteria living within cells, according to researchers.

With flattened bodies, grabbing forelegs and deciduous wings, deer keds do not look like your typical fly. These parasites of deer -- which occasionally bite humans -- are more widely distributed across the US than previ...

Maternal exposure to infection prior to pregnancy can transfer into life long cellular immunity in infants who are breastfed.

When you peer into the night sky, much of what you see is plasma, a soupy amalgam of ultra-hot atomic particles. Studying plasma in the stars and various forms in outer space requires a telescope, but scientists can recr...

The Ocean Discovery XPrize has been awarded to an uncrewed vehicle capable of mapping 250 square kilometres of the sea floor within 24 hours

The sense of smell has been restored to mice suffering olfactory problems with the aid of stem cell therapies. The findings provide the basis for transitional research to see whether intranasal stem cell treatments can b...

Researchers reveal what optical illusions tell us about the workings of the brain.

Using non-invasive transcranial direct current stimulation to target the left rostrolateral prefrontal cortex improves memory retrieval.

Study goes beyond evaluating the organisms in the microbiome, looking at the functions different bacteria may be performing.

One in 5 Americans can't name a single element on the Periodic Table.

Gastrointestinal and immune disorders, along with sleep disruptions and seizures often co-occur at similar points of time in those diagnosed under the autism spectrum. Analyzing patterns in diagnosis of co-occurring medi...

Heart failure after a heart attack is a global epidemic leading to heart failure pathology. Medical researchers are seeking ways to delay or reverse this heart failure, which comes from non-resolved chronic inflammation.

Researchers have long known that racism is linked to health problems, but now results from a small study using RNA tests show that racism appears to increase chronic inflammation among African Americans.

An altered function of Cdk5 kinase -- an essential enzyme in several cell signalling pathways -- could explain the physiopathology of the depressive-like behavior in Huntington's disease.

Chewing, or mastication, is thought to impact jawbone structure as bone is continually reconstructed along with alterations in mechanical load. However, the underlying mechanisms are unknown. In a new study, mice fed a h...

In the wake of the housing market collapse of 2008, one entrepreneur decided to dive right into the failing real estate industry. But this time, he didn't buy any real estate to begin with. Instead, Glenn Sanford decided...

One hundred years ago today, on May 29, 1919, measurements of a solar eclipse offered verification for Einstein's theory of general relativity. Even before that, Einstein had developed the theory of special relativity, w...

Researchers at Technische Universität Darmstadt have recently demonstrated the defect-free assembly of versatile target patterns of up to 111 single-atom quantum systems. Their findings, outlined in a paper published in...