Health

Engineered viruses can fight the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria Kevin Doxzen, Arizona State University As the world fights the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic, another...

William A. Masters, Tufts University and Anna Herforth, Tufts University The COVID-19 pandemic has caused price spikes for corn, milk, beans and other commodities, but...

Piyush K. Jain, University of Florida For the first time in the United States, a gene editing tool has been used to treat advanced cancer...

Anne R. Crecelius, University of Dayton The rise of wearable fitness trackers has increased the number of people monitoring their heart rate, both throughout the...

Ronald C. Desrosiers, University of Miami One-fifth. Nearly 20% of cancers worldwide are caused by a virus. These viruses don’t cause cancer until long after they...

Rachel Goldsmith Turow, Seattle University Mindfulness and self-compassion are now buzzwords for self-improvement. But in fact, a growing body of research shows these practices can...

A virologist explains the history of this dreaded disease Rosemary Rochford, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Fears of polio gripped the U.S. in the mid-20th century....

Prakash Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina and Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina A new omicron subvariant of the virus that causes COVID-19, BA.2, is...

How poisonous mercury gets from coal-fired power plants into the fish you eat Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI People fishing along the banks of the White River as it...

Why so many epidemics originate in Asia and Africa – and why we can expect more Suresh V. Kuchipudi, Pennsylvania State University The coronavirus disease, known as...