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So far in 2025, the Trump administration has cut more than $1 billion in NIH grants. That includes a study on sickle cell ...

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By analyzing ancient DNA, scientists determined when, where and how our ancestors got sick from infectious diseases.

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The number of reported measles cases in the United States has hit 1,288 in the first six months of this year, the most since ...

The United States has broken its record for the highest number of measles cases in the country since the disease was ...

To improve access to care, many professional organizations have advocated for classifying obesity as a disease. However, the ...

A resident of Northern Arizona's Coconino County succumbed to pneumonic plague, marking the first such death since 2007.

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Three days before her first birthday, my baby caught the dreaded hand, foot, and mouth disease, also known as HFMD. I knew it ...