Biochemical analyses provide an answer to the question of how the gut bacterium Morganella morganii might contribute to some ...

Study explains long-standing question of why Huntington’s disease symptoms typically do not appear until midlife even though ...

Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine have mapped a critical component of the Nipah virus, a highly lethal bat-borne pathogen that has ...

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Oliver Wendell Holmes identifies the cause and prevention of puerperal fever, also known as childbed fever. Theobald Smith identifies the mechanism of insect-borne disease transmission, discovers the ...

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year . . . It’s the hap-happiest season of all.” So says a classic song of the holiday season. But is it? The end-of-year holidays are certainly a happy time for ...

This definition came from the popular reference text, An Universal Etymological English Dictionary, first published by Nathan Bailey in 1721 and reprinted through 1802. Although that definition ...

These findings not only affect the health and well-being of professional players and their families, they have also left parents questioning whether they should prohibit their children from playing ...

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