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There were an estimated 136,200 deaths caused by measles across the globe in 2022, primarily affecting children under the age of 5. The global number of cases of measles had declined from 2000–2016, then reversed in 2018, in part due to the pandemic and undervaccination.

False memories are much harder to implant than previously claimed by memory researchers and expert witnesses in criminal trials, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL and Royal Holloway, University of London.

Steam eliminates wrinkles and germs, but can it destroy cancer cells too?

In a recent pilot study, researchers tested the feasibility and effects of a 12-week home-based resistance training program. Their target patient population was children who have had a liver transplant and subsequently suffered with sarcopenia, a condition wherein there is loss of muscle mass and function.

Sliced your finger cutting that avocado? Sprained your ankle playing pickleball? You need medical help soon.

People whose jobs are highly sedentary—an estimated 80% of the modern workforce— experience a much higher risk of insomnia symptoms, according to a new study led by University of South Florida psychologist Claire Smith.

New research from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has unveiled the power of personalized goal-setting for achieving sustained weight loss as Australians set health resolutions for the new year.

Five years on from the first news of COVID, recent reports of an obscure respiratory virus in China may understandably raise concerns.

Reformer pilates is steadily growing in popularity, with new studios opening regularly in major cities all over the world.

A Louisiana resident has died after being hospitalized with bird flu in December of last year, marking the first known U.S. death from the virus.