Tag: disease
A Mysterious Kidney Disease Epidemic Is Killing Thousands of Young Men....
For years, Oscar has greeted dawn with the rhythmic swing of his machete as he chops sugar cane in fields near his home...
Engineered Viruses Are Transforming Neuroscience and Treating Brain Disease
The brain is like an ecosystem—thousands of different types of cells connect to form one big, interdependent web. And just as biologists document...
Babesiosis, a Tick-Borne Disease That Resembles Malaria, Is on the Rise
Ellen Stromdahl was at a garden party in coastal Virginia in June 2023 when her friend Albert Duncan stood up from where he...
About the Comedian’s Alzheimer’s Disease & More – Hollywood Life
Ruth Buzzi, the renowned comedian and actress known for her performance in Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, died in May 2025 when she was...
If HPV Infection Increases Heart Disease Risk, Can Vaccination Lower It?
Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes nearly 38,000 cancers a year, including most cervical and throat cancers. Now recent research suggests HPV infection also increases...
Shingles Vaccination May Help Protect People from Alzheimer’s Disease
Shingles Vaccination May Help Protect People from Alzheimer’s DiseaseA natural experiment in Wales showed that a shingles vaccine might lower the risk of...
Government and Industry Response to Bird Flu Could Allow Disease to...
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. On January 6, the Louisiana Department of Health reported the first human death...
Hunters Disagree on the Threat of Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer
Aaron Skarlupka, a hunter in northeast Wisconsin, was recently thrilled when he got his first harvest of the season: an eight-point white-tailed buck....
Sugary Drinks Linked to Global Rise in Diabetes, Heart Disease
“This replicates and reinforces what we already know about sugar-sweetened beverages,” he said, “but the findings highlight their severe costs on health and...
