Month: August 2024

The epidemic is concentrated in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but the virus has now appeared in a dozen other African countries. View original article Contributor: Apoorva Mandavilli

Q. I’m a high school football player who in practice fell on my left shoulder. I noticed a bump on top of my shoulder and I had pain trying to … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

Not all babies born prematurely will suffer long-term developmental problems, a new study finds. Preemies tend to fall into three risk categories, with about one in five (20%) scoring above … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

Older Americans already dread shingles, and they may now have one more reason to do so: A painful episode could raise their odds for cognitive decline. A new study found … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

After a lifetime in the field of epigenetics, and nearly 20 years after my colleagues and I coined the term “genome editing,” I will be the first to admit that describing the “epigenome”—a marvelous biological process that guides what our genes do—takes a bit of explaining. I find that thinking about the genome and epigenome … Read more

Aug. 13 (UPI) — Cigarette smoking in the United States hit an historic low this year, according to Gallup, which has been monitoring smoking trends for eight decades. The latest … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

Aug. 13 (UPI) — New Hampshire residents and visitors to a Lincoln resort are being warned to monitor themselves for symptoms of Legionnaires’ disease after five people developed the bacterial … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

A 2023 Post investigation found that physicians who spread misinformation faced few repercussions, as a weak system of medical boards failed to penalize them. View original article Contributor: Lauren Weber, McKenzie Beard