Harris County Public Health officials are keeping a close eye on the West Nile virus after detecting it in mosquitoes way ...

Regeneration has long been the stuff of science fiction. At UNLV, researchers are now studying frogs that can regrow their ...

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The World Health Organization said that some passengers aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship may have been infected with the deadly hantavirus through person-to-person transmission, an extremely rare ...

Physician and molecular biologist Katherine High remembers sitting at a staff meeting of the gene therapy company Spark Therapeutics on November 15, 2018, waiting to hear from a guest speaker, when ...

Are you ready to dive into the fascinating world of baby axolotls? These adorable creatures, also known as Mexican walking fish, are unlike any other aquatic species. In this informative and ...

The Democrats are making the government shutdown about healthcare inequities. But even if they get their way, any budget is likely to perpetuate longstanding disparities in healthcare funding. I’m not ...

South Carolina’s measles outbreak lasted about six months and sickened nearly 1,000 people in what was the U.S.’s worst flare-up of the disease since it was declared eliminated in the country in 2000.

Drawing from the success of HIV treatment, the continent is insisting on explicit technology transfer to India, China, and Africa to ensure mass production of affordable drugs during the next pandemic ...

What started out as a routine river trip for one British 10-year-old and her mother quickly turned into a journey through Mexican mythology, after the young nature enthusiast happened upon an ...

WALES, UK — A routine day exploring a river in Wales turned into a rare wildlife discovery for a 10-year-old girl and her mother. Evie Hill found a Mexican axolotl while wading in a river in Wales on ...