Evidence of a virus that infects pigs was found in the body of David Bennet Sr., the recipient of a genetically modified pig heart in an experimental transplant surgery. Bennet died in March at 57 ye… [+4276 chars]
Sydney researchers have made a world-first breakthrough to identify babies more at risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome while they’re alive. Researchers at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead have d… [+1668 chars]
US health officials say they are investigating 109 cases of severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children, including five reported deaths. The cases have been identified over the past seven months … [+4336 chars]
Researchers at the University of Missouri are applying a form of artificial intelligence (AI) -; previously used to analyze how National Basketball Association (NBA) players move their bodies -; to n… [+1994 chars]
New research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, Netherlands (4-7 May), suggests that being overweight or having obesity amplifies the harmful effects of … [+4673 chars]
In a recent study published in the European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences journal, researchers assessed the presence of vitamin D deficiency in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-r… [+4048 chars]
A new study in mice led by neuroscientists at UT Southwestern's Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute shows that it's not just calories that count. Timing feedings to match the active period of the ci… [+4152 chars]
For a respiratory disease, Covid-19 causes some peculiar symptoms. It can diminish the senses of smell and taste, leave patients with discolored Covid toes or even cause a swollen, bumpy Covid tongue… [+5593 chars]
The roaring success of Covid vaccines in countries able to obtain them has led to deaths and severe disease from the infection plummeting even as the virus evolved to sidestep immunity and rip throug… [+5335 chars]
ADELAIDE, Australia — Mental illness is harmful to far more than the mind, according to researchers from the University of South Australia. Their study finds mental illness is closely associated with… [+2776 chars]
The menopause might be typically associated with middle-aged women, but in the UK as many as one in 100 will experience it before the age of 40. And it's not just hot flushes and mood swings; for so… [+5435 chars]
Labor will reconsider its policy to provide free rapid COVID-19 tests for all Australians. The party had pushed for free RATs in January as the Omicron outbreak hit Australia's east coast. "Times h… [+2468 chars]