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February 9, 2018
Ebola virus can infect the reproductive organs of male and female macaques, according to a study published in The American Journal of Pathology, suggesting that humans could be similarly infected.
February 8, 2018
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo directed New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker to authorize emergency assistance funding to counties as flu diagnoses continued to increase in communities across the state.
February 8, 2018
Diet may impact the spread of some cancers, according to a study published Wednesday by an international team of researchers.
February 8, 2018
After being stung by a parasitic wasp, the American cockroach loses control of its behavior, becoming host to the wasp\'s egg. Days later, the hatchling consumes the cockroach alive.
February 7, 2018
Zika virus may cause significant damage to the fetal brain even when the baby\'s head size is normal.
February 7, 2018
Indiana University researchers have made an important step forward in the design of drugs that fight the hepatitis B virus, which can cause liver failure and liver cancer.
February 6, 2018
Polished pates and thinning thatches may one day be a thing of the past, thanks to Japanese scientists who have developed a way to grow hair follicles at a record rate.
February 6, 2018
After years of investigation, researchers at Johns Hopkins, the University of California, Davis, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have discovered how the immune system might protect a person from recurrent bacterial skin infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus (staph).
February 5, 2018
Unrecognised heart attacks (myocardial infarction; MI) refer to sub-clinical events that are missed in routine medical care but are picked up by electrocardiogram (ECG) or by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging, which is more accurate.
February 5, 2018
While a couple of glasses of wine can help clear the mind after a busy day, new research shows that it may actually help clean the mind as well.
February 3, 2018
Autism is a complex developmental disability: it affects how people perceive the world and interact with others. It is not a disease that can be cured, it\'s a condition that lasts for life.
February 2, 2018
Patients with an inherited form of colon cancer harbor two bacterial species that collaborate to encourage development of the disease, and the same species have been found in people who develop a sporadic form of colon cancer, a study led by a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy research team finds.