Health & Medicine
Hantavirus questions grow in the wake of a cruise ship outbreak
Scientists still don’t know why Andes hantavirus is the only one shown to spread from person to person.
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Scientists still don’t know why Andes hantavirus is the only one shown to spread from person to person.
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DNA damage from inflammation outpaces the cells’ ability to self-repair. The finding, in human brain cells and mice, could point to new MS treatments.
A new study shows learning to fly in virtual reality with virtual wings can reshape the brain, making it treat wings more like body parts.
Finds at sites in Spain and France suggest that Neandertals used the teeth of ancient rhinos for heavy-duty fabrication.
To serenade with their high-pitched songs, singing mice inflate a throat sac — a use for air sacs seemingly unknown in any other animal.
Public health officials are racing to find out how the sometimes deadly hantavirus got aboard a cruise ship and if there has been human-to-human spread.
In mouse brains, star-shaped astrocytes form flexible networks that may offer another way for brain regions to communicate.
Stop and smell America’s state flowers at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C., open now through October 12, 2026.
In cows’ guts, ciliates contain a tiny organelle called a hydrogenobody that may drive production of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
An analysis of ancient DNA and modern disease risk suggests some immune genes may reduce allergy risk rather than increase it.
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