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A new tool that can shed light on who is most at risk of obesity-related diseases could help identify people who would benefit most from weight-loss…

A woman who lived with three life-threatening autoimmune diseases for more than a decade has returned to a near-normal life after a cell therapy reset her…

The US federal agency responsible for monitoring diseases has temporarily halted certain diagnostic testing, including those for rabies, human herpesvirus and several other infectious illnesses.The Centers…

A measles outbreak in London is affecting unvaccinated children under the age of 10, and comes amid an increase in infections globally.The UK was among six…

A US-led research team has verified the first Mediterranean mass grave of the world’s earliest recorded pandemic, providing stark new details about the plague of Justinian…

It was just a scratch. Among all the feelings and thoughts that she has had to wrestle with since the summer, disbelief is the emotion that…

Kenyan health workers wait to receive a COVID-19 vaccine supplied by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. Credit: Simon Maina/AFP via GettyThe United States is rolling out bilateral…

Amy Bies was recovering in the hospital from injuries inflicted during a car accident in May 2007 when routine laboratory tests showed that her blood glucose…

Tuberculosis rethink; fears for HIV progress; AI potential against resistant bacteria; UK boosts wastewater tests; rebuilding immunity to superbugs; insect-borne diseases threat; Chagas disease explainer

Download the November 2025 long read podcastCRISPR-based gene editing has revolutionized modern biology, but these tools are unable to access the DNA that resides inside mitochondria.…