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In the early 2000s, a coronavirus infecting bats jumped into raccoon dogs and other wild mammals in southwestern China. Some of those animals were sold in markets, where the coronavirus jumped again, into humans. The result was the SARS...

MIT faculty and researchers receive many external awards throughout the year. The MIT School of Engineering periodically...

All living things, including humans, constantly emit a ghostly glow – and it appears to vanish almost as soon...

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Every year, tens of thousands of young women opt to freeze their eggs, an expensive and sometimes painful procedure. As more Americans postpone childbearing, the numbers are growing.But there are many unknowns: What is the optimal donor age for...

Getty ImagesThe NHS in England is planning "previously unthinkable" cuts to try to balance the books, health bosses say.Services including diabetes care for young people, rehab centres and talking therapies are in the firing line, according to NHS Providers,...

Researchers from MIT and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered that a class of peptides expressed in pancreatic...

A man lay on a New York City sidewalk with a gun shot wound, clutching his side.Emily Borghard, a social worker who hands out supplies to the homeless through her nonprofit, found him and pulled out her phone, preparing...

After weeks of confusion about his plans for autism research, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Wednesday that his department would build a “real-world platform” that would allow researchers to hunt for causes of the disorder by...

More victims of the infected blood scandal will die without ever receiving full compensation, a government minister has said.The paymaster general Nick Thomas-Symonds was giving evidence to a special session of the public inquiry into what's been called the...