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The World Health Organization on Tuesday wrapped up its executive board meeting, held against the backdrop of the United States—by far its largest donor—heading for the exit.

Public health authorities said Tuesday that an outbreak of measles in western Texas has expanded, while a new case was confirmed nearby across state lines in New Mexico.

Every year, more than 5 million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with heart valve disease, but this condition has no effective long-term treatment. When a person’s heart valve is severely damaged by a birth defect, lifestyle, or aging, blood flow is disrupted. If left untreated, there can be fatal complications.

IN his defence over allegations of possession of property suspected of being proceeds of crime, Bowman Lusambo told a magistrate that money in politics has no receipts. The former Lusaka Province Minister narrated how he received different amounts of salaries and upkeep allowances in MMD government as a politician but that the same were not […]

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Older people have greater general happiness, life satisfaction and sense of purpose than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Children exposed to second-hand smoke at home are more likely to show certain changes in the epigenome, which can alter the way genes are expressed. These epigenetic changes could influence the development of diseases in the future.

A recent study has found that social chatbots, an interactive form of artificial intelligence (AI), are effective in alleviating feelings of loneliness and social anxiety in university students. The study is published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

University of Queensland research using natural killer cells may lead to the first new treatment for a devastating childhood cancer in 40 years. Associate Professor Fernando Guimaraes, a Principal Research Fellow from UQ’s Frazer Institute led a team to develop new therapeutic strategies for hard-to-treat pediatric sarcomas that have high rates of metastasis, recurrence or treatment resistance.

Elad Harel is used to shining a light on the mysteries of the natural world. Working at the cutting-edge of ultrafast spectroscopy—the application of short laser pulses to analyze the dynamics of molecules—the Michigan State University associate professor’s research aims to reveal how microscopic phenomena impact large complex systems.

Northwestern Medicine investigators have developed a new avenue to reprogram compromised immune cells to act against tumors, according to a study published in Science Advances.