In 1955, a forest worker in Trinidad and Tobago contracted a fever. The worker recovered fully, though the disease persisted, with outbreaks occurring in ...

The Centers for Disease Control opened an investigation into the death of a traveler upon returning home to Iowa from West Africa. Previously, reports ...

In 1995, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) noticed something amiss. Yuqing Li’s Geiger counter alarm started blaring. The radiation source? ...

Every year, the United States faces microbial pathogen outbreaks caused by amoebas, bacteria, and other microorganisms. These outbreaks manifest in a variety of diseases, ...

The news cycle instills fear in the anxious. The zombie apocalypse might be just around the corner, right? Since the global pandemic of COVID-19, ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) denied approval for 3,4- methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) assisted therapy, and the academic and medical journal Psychopharmacology retracted three papers related to the ...

A new schizophrenia drug revives the previously investigated drug xanomeline. Historically, physicians used xanomeline to treat Alzheimer’s disease until its removal from the market ...

Sharon Yacko's disappearance became a front-page sensation across the United States. So how did a crime that captured nationwide media attention remain unsolved?

In April 2024, Sendker et al. released a paper in the scientific journal Nature about the finding that a bacterial molecule, citrate synthase, forms ...

While currently in the news for its other uses, Milfepristone is a valuable medication used for treating insulin resistance.