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An unusually high amount of poliovirus detections in several European countries in recent months has underscored the importance of keeping Europe polio-free, according to an editorial by European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) Director Pamela Rendi Wagner and World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge, which was published on Eurosurveillance. “A future without polio remains our goal, but it is by no means a certainty,” warn Rendi-Wagner and Kluge.

A new study has found small amounts of liquid ketamine administered in a clinical setting can significantly reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, with fewer side effects.

Emerging drug-resistant strains are posing significant challenges to the global fight against tuberculosis (TB) and it is a critical task to detect treatment failure as early as possible.

The rate of biological aging indicates the discrepancy between chronological age and biological age, that is, whether a person is biologically older or younger than their chronological age. Biological aging can be measured using epigenetic clocks. Epigenetic clocks are computational models developed through machine learning methods that predict biological age based on methyl groups that regulate the expression of genes.

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have made new discoveries about amniotic fluid, a substance historically not well understood in medical research due to the difficulty in obtaining it during pregnancy, especially across gestation.

The U.S. will ban nearly all uses of the common industrial cleaning agent, trichloroethylene (TCE), this year—more than 50 years after it led to one of the country’s worst cases of contaminated drinking water. It has been found in up to a third of sampled U.S. drinking water, including near Modesto, Fresno and Santa Rosa, California.

Skilled immigrants working in jobs they’re vastly overqualified for face significant mental health challenges including a loss of skills and professional identity, a new study published in Frontiers in Psychiatry shows.

In the well-known thought experiment known as the prisoner’s dilemma, one individual has to decide whether to stay silent or talk to the police about their crime based on how they anticipate an accomplice will react. RIKEN researchers have gained insights into how the brain incorporates such predictions about choices made by others into the decision-making process.

The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States.

An international study led by the University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital has identified six genetic regions associated with the inflammation of the eye’s iris, also known as anterior uveitis. The research also uncovered a genetic correlation between anterior uveitis and inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). These findings contribute to a better understanding of the mechanisms behind anterior uveitis and its connection to common autoimmune diseases.