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The following is part of a series of short interviews from the Department of Electrical Engineering and...

The federal food stamp program is facing scrutiny in some states that want to block enrollees from using their government benefits to buy soda and candy.Three Republican-led states — Arkansas, Idaho and Indiana — on...

For Danielle Atkinson, motherhood didn't just change her. It fueled a movement.During Black Maternal Health Week, a national campaign to raise awareness and improve outcomes for Black mothers, the Detroit-based organization Mothering Justice is spotlighting...

The National Institutes of Health's top researcher on ultra-processed foods announced Wednesday he was stepping down from the agency, accusing top aides to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of censorship."Unfortunately, recent...

A scheme to help GPs provide care and advice to patients without them joining long NHS hospital waiting lists is being expanded in England, the government has said.GPs will work more closely with specialists to access expert advice quickly...

At any given time, about 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting to become kidney transplant recipients....

Astronomers claim to have seen the strongest evidence so far for life on another planet. But other astronomers have...

Many diseases are caused by dysfunctional gene expression that leads to too much or too little of...

Laura Goodwin and Ken BanksBBC ScotlandSandy Patience, 62, of Inverness, was diagnosed with disease in 2017.He had lost relatives to the disease, and recalls the support of his wife Laura at the time."I said to Laura 'this is a...

The popularity of disposable e-cigarettes or vapes has fallen ahead of a UK-wide ban on their sale on 1 June, a study suggests.The percentage of people aged 16-24 who mainly use disposable vapes has dropped by nearly half in...