Every year, an estimated 6,000 to 24,000 people are killed by lightning around the world, and many more are injured.

HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks the body's immune system and remains a major global health ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Cancer Center have identified a previously unknown metabolic weakness in ...

For a long time, psychologists have described loneliness as the discomfort that comes from wanting more social connection ...

For decades, obesity medications produced only modest weight loss. But in recent years, Ozempic and related GLP-1 therapies ...

Researchers from the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases updated recommendations for the use of influenza vaccines and antiviral medications in the prevention and treatment ...

Researchers at McMaster University have discovered that a naturally occurring hormone best known for suppressing appetite and promoting weight loss also helps protect the liver from inflammation ...

The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record started in February, months before it was officially declared in mid-May, the World Health Organization said Monday as responders in eastern Congo struggle ...

A tumor is more than its cancer cells. Immune cells, blood vessels and other surrounding tissue influence how a cancer grows and responds to treatment. Two tumors containing the same cell types can ...

Every year, more than 120,000 newborns worldwide contract HIV, creating a global health burden that requires lifelong ...

The nationwide cyclospora outbreak is very likely a result of sewage contamination in the food supply, according to ...

After treatment for metastatic prostate cancer, a drop in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in the blood is an indicator ...