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Published on Thursday in Stem Cell Reports, researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School discovered two signalling pathways that are downregulated in human hearts after birth. Read on for details:

Vialli had been given the all clear in 2020 but the disease returned last month and forced him to step down from his Italy coaching role.

We live in an age of advanced scientific knowledge that produces vaccines that can ward off diseases such as measles, rubella, mumps and polio. We also live in an age when an increasing number of parents want the option of not vaccinating their children against these highly contagious and potentially…

A new COVID-19 variant called XBB.1.5 is driving a new wave of infections. But susceptibility to it is not, as some contend, being fueled by vaccines. Still, the surges of ever more immune-evasive variants raise legitimate questions about whether vaccines and boosters are still protecting us from infection, or should…

Exercise may be the most powerful anti-aging intervention known to science and has been proven to protect against a wide array of diseases. Read on for details:

Global honeybee populations have been declining for many years, due to disease, loss of habitat and poor beekeeping practices. A newly approved vaccine helps fight American Foulbrood disease.

The British-Australian actress died in a care facility in Victoria, Australia, on December 29 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease

Health authorities in the Northern Territory say there has been an increase in cases of melioidosis, warning people with pre-existing conditions to take precautions against the deadly bacterial infection.

As we enter the fourth year of the pandemic, many could be forgiven for feeling somewhat desensitised to these next few words: A new Omicron subvariant has emerged. Here's what we know about XBB.1.5 so far.

Officials and experts from China on Thursday attended an online meeting with the World Health Organization (WHO), China's national health commission said in a statement. During the meeting Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention officials and experts from Southeast University reported on China's latest COVID-19 prevention and control measures,…

LOS ANGELES — You may have come home with it after a recent trip to New England. Or you may have gotten it from that friend or family member who flew in from New York over the holidays.