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The U.S. recently reached a grim milestone: As of July 23, more measles cases have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention than in any year since 1991. It took less than seven months to blow past the three-decade high recorded last year

The use of artificial intelligence in fields like health care has been growing in recent years — and now scientists have used AI to build a virus that could kill dangerous bacteria like E. coli

A drug user uses a test strip on Aug. 22, 2018, in New York, to see if fentanyl has been added to heroin, which could increase the risk of overdose. Bebeto Matthews/hide caption

Hampton has been the host of the Normal Gossippodcast for two years. Illustration: Maanvi Kapur

A common microplastic may increase the risk of fatty liver disease, a study finds

Artificial Intelligence has been used to design brand new viruses that are fully functional and can replicate in the laboratory, say US researchers

Vanessa Barahona received a call this past spring from Angelica at Kern Family Health Care in Bakersfield, California, telling her it was time to renew her coverage under Medi-Cal, the state’s version of Medicaid

Long-tailed macaques, monkeys native to Southeast Asia, have been listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2022 after their populations declined by at least 50% over 30 years. Yet, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has twice now declined to consider protecting the species under the domestic Endangered Species Act. The most…

A fraudster who took more than £11m from investment funds intended for elderly care and retirement has been put behind bars. Steven Long, 59, deceived more than 100 victims across the country, using some of the cash to bankroll a lavish lifestyle

When Google’s Debug project made headlines this spring for seeking permission to release genetically engineered mosquitoes in California and Florida, it raised a question that public health researchers also have been studying: Can technology solve a problem as old and stubborn as mosquito-borne disease? The Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) has its own experts…