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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recent approval of the first CRISPR-Cas9–based gene therapy has marked a...

ClamorChris Berdik (W. W. Norton) Noise is all around us, and it is often imperceptible – until the volume knob...

A person has tested positive for plague after possibly being bitten by an infected flea while camping in the South Lake Tahoe area of California, public health officials say. El Dorado County's Public Health Division...

In June, at a conference set in the picturesque Italian town of Campagna, south-east of Naples, two physicists in...

Katy PrickettBBC News, CambridgeshireFamily handoutsMs Midlane said her "thoughts go out to the patients and families involved"."We recognise this has been possible due to the cooperative approach adopted by all parties, for which we are very grateful."Providing safe...

Tanya GuptaBBC News, West MidlandsBBCA gym set up with a focus on the wellbeing of body and mind has been awarded a £14,000 lottery grant to develop its work.The Soma Space in Oswestry was established two years ago by...

Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC NewsGetty ImagesThe researchers analysed nearly 3,000 cases and 413, including two deaths, were caused by one of the eight emerging food allergies.Based on their frequency, severity, recurrence, and potential for hidden exposure, the...

If constantly being mogged by sigmas has you feeling like a fuhuhluhtoogan, and you have no idea what any of that means, you've...

A small and dim moon has been discovered in orbit around Uranus, bringing the planet’s total to 29. Many...

Jonathan CoffeyBBC PanoramaBBCListen to Jonathan read this article.When it comes to the Lucy Letby case, there are two parallel universes. In one, the question of her guilt is settled. She is a monster who murdered seven babies and attempted...