Anthropogenic climate change and urbanization appear to boost rainfall and exacerbate flooding risks, according to two Nature papers.

The variants associated with the mood disorder included those without metabolic risks, suggesting it is the psychological effects of obesity at play.

A study of Danish adults reveals moderate changes in the abundance of multiple gut bacteria species, but the results might not be due to reduced gluten per se.

The study will examine the efficacy of four drugs—an antiviral and three monoclonal antibodies—that are already being used to treat patients in Democratic Republic of Congo.

Newly developed techniques could propel a field already advancing rapidly to complement modern medicine.

A case study of two patients with advanced cancer shows it might be possible to avoid a common and severe side effect of immunotherapy treatment.

Robert Wilkie, head of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, defends controversial research practices that have been heavily criticized by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

Numerous experimental vaccines that aim to provide multi-season protection are in human studies.

The unit of mass will no longer be defined by a lone physical object but instead in terms of a universal constant.