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The United States on Tuesday again vetoed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, blocking a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. The veto comes as the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced it is pausing deliveries of life-saving food aid to northern Gaza until…

An alarming lack of food, surging malnutrition and the rampant spread of disease could spark an explosion in child deaths in Gaza, the United Nations warned Monday.

Karnataka struggles with Kyasanur Forest Disease outbreak, highlighting the need for a vaccine amidst private manufacturers’ reluctance.

Live Science spoke with biochemist Virginijus Šikšnys, whose work helped establish CRISPR as a gene-editing system.

Researchers say findings could lead to better treatments for heart disease

There has been a surge in cases of scabies and measles – both highly contagious – as well as rickets and scurvy, conditions we thought had been eradicated. Are public health cuts to blame?

The family of a patient with Huntington’s Disease (HD), a rare inherited disorder that causes progressive neuro-degeneration, donated her brain to NIMHANS for research last week. Doctors said this is the first brain donation at NIMHANS of a patient with HD.

Years of austerity, followed by Covid, have left Britain with unhealthy workers and businesses struggling to recruit, but the road to recovery, of all kinds, will be long

Learn how smoking affects the immune system long-term, increasing vulnerability to infections and chronic diseases in a recent study.

It’s 11 years since I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, and my husband has seen me in some terrible states. But we refuse to let that define our relationship

If you think pruning trees is best left to spring, think again. These trees all could use some cutting back now for several very important reasons