A prisoner looks out a window on March 26, 2015, from Zhdanivskaya prison in Ukraine, were TB...
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Nurse B.K. Morris gives a flu shot to Winifred Quinn during a press event on the flu...
By (left-to-right) Dr. Gerardo Chowell, Dr. Cecile Viboud, and Dr. Lone Simonsen / 03.05.2018 Chowell: Professor...
Social isolation is linked to increased blood pressure and depression. By Dr. Jed Magen / 02.26.2018 Associate...
Children at a school in Antananarivo, Madagascar, during a plague outbreak, Oct. 3, 2017. AP Photo/Alexander Joe By...
The basic chemistry of hair dyes has changed little over the last century, but what do we...
Trapped by the Cold War and scarred after a failed revolution, Hungary fought one of its greatest...
A page from the journal of Henry Walsh Mahon showing the effects of scurvy, from his time...
Poseidon taking chocolate from Mexico to Europe, a detail from the frontispiece to Chocolata Inda by Antonio Colmenero de...
Is there real science in the spiritualism of meditation? By Dr. Jo Marchant / 06.30.2014 Geneticist It’s...
Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock.com By Dr. Elisa Lazarri / 01.16.2018 Postdoctoral Associate in Biomedical Sciences Cornell University “Rampant” and “elderly”...
In 2005, Dr. Terrence Tumpey, a Center for Disease Control Microbiologist, examines recreated 1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus...
Symptoms of schizophrenia and related disorders likely arise from a perplexing interplay of social, environmental, psychological, and...
In the age of social media, fears and rumors about outbreaks and epidemics can quickly spread out...
Photo courtesy of PREDICT/Mike Cranfield Two ambitious projects aim to understand when and how the next human...
Out of the blue, Vanessa Potter lost her sight. As she recovered, her senses mingled – hearing and touch...
Does living at a higher altitude affect your mental health? VAndreas/shutterstock.com By Dr. Hoehun Ha / 11.05.2017 Assistant...
Lenore Edman/Flickr By Leon Kreitzman / 11.22.2016 Biochemist Burmese monks know that it is time to get...
A doctor reveals why palliative care patients talk far more of life than death. By Dr. Matthew...
Beds with patients in an emergency hospital in Camp Funston, Kansas, during the influenza epidemic around 1918. National...
When rain from Hurricane Harvey flooded Houston and surrounding areas, some people were more eager to volunteer...
Harvard study, almost 80 years old, has proved that embracing community helps us live longer, and be...
Photo from Max Pixel By Dolly Stolze / 10.31.2017 For me, zombies are probably the scariest of the...
A man taking stairs at Washington-Dulles International Airport in 2013. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC-SA By Natasha Bliss (left),...
Another day, another diet. Yuriy Maksymiv/Shutterstock By Dr. Melissa Wdowik / 11.06.2017 Assistant Professor of Food Science and...
At Radcliffe’s Science Symposium, “Contagion: Exploring Modern Epidemics,” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Laurie Garrett said there is need...
Research shows that dreaming is not just a byproduct of sleep, but serves its own important functions...
A pair of identical twins. The one on the right has OCD, while the one on the...
Marie Curie in one of her mobile X-ray units in October 1917. Eve Curie By Dr. Timothy J....
Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius. Detail. Bronze. 160-170s. Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo dei Conservatori. By Dr. Robert...