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NIH researcher Andaleeb Sajid discusses her study’s finding that ticks were unable to feed on vaccinated guinea pigs, preventing transmission of the pathogen that causes Lyme disease.

Researchers report what appears to be the second case of a person’s immune system clearing the virus on its own.

The mice, already known to regenerate skin, seem to avoid the tissue scarring that leads to organ failure in other animals.

Health authorities in both countries announced that people under certain age cutoffs are now ineligible for the Spikevax COVID-19 shot due to its association with heart inflammation.

Researchers found more than 800 sites in the genome where the twins bore the same chemical tags.

A study probes how genetic duplications that can swell protein length influence human traits such as height and kidney function.

The finding of the Ebola-like disease, which killed a man in Guinea, has prompted public health measures.

Author Lauren Aguirre finds reasons for optimism in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease.

By avoiding the production of antibodies, something vaccines ordinarily induce, the immunization sidesteps the problem of antibody-dependent enhancement, which can amplify infection by a similar virus and is known to occur with dengue and Zika.

The newly discovered microbe seems to be responsible for a mysterious neurological disease that has killed dozens of critically endangered Western chimpanzees.

Researchers say the popularity of convalescent plasma makes it more difficult to gather high-quality data on its efficacy.

The company behind a now-discredited study on hydroxychloroquine also posted a report that has been cited by Latin American governments recommending ivermectin as a possible coronavirus treatment. Clinicians there say the effects have been extremely damaging.

The most common preexisting conditions among the patients were diabetes, obesity, and hypertension.

Abbott’s ID NOW test missed the most positive samples among five products given the green light by the FDA to use during the pandemic.

Our maps and charts, updated regularly, offer a striking view of the global move of the novel coronavirus.

Scientists identify a potential biomarker for predicting the progression of a deadly cardiac disease.