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How an otherwise harmless virus can trigger celiac disease
Health Genetics isn't everything The Karelia regions of Finland and Russia are remarkably similar. But if you live on the Finnish side, there are about ten times as many people in your community who…
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How many hours of sleep do you actually need?
Health It depends on how well you want your brain to work How much sleep do we actually need? And can we train ourselves to need less? Find out.
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How to not get deadly flesh-eating bacteria in your new tattoo
Health A recent case study is scary, but tattoos aren't really to blame. Doctors report on the case of a man who died of sepsis after flesh-eating bacteria infiltrated his new tattoo. Here's what you...
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What is sickle cell disease?
Health The disease that primarily affects African Americans in the United States still has no cure. Sickle cell disease afflicts millions of people worldwide; in the United States alone, about 100,000...
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Why the latest study on football players’ brains is so important
Health Researchers found evidence of CTE in 99 percent of the deceased former NFL players they studied. Scientists have published one of the most definitive studies on CTE’s connection to football...
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What to do with your pet if you need to evacuate
Animals Leaving them behind could be disastrous. A recent study shows that forcing people to leave behind their furry friends can lead to problems ranging from mental health to refusal to evacuate.
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Yes, humans are still evolving. Here's how you can tell.
Science Even more evidence that we’re continuing to change. The reality is that we’re all—every single living thing on Earth—evolving constantly. At least to some extent. It’s just that it’s hard to...
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When a hurricane finally passes, it spreads deadly disease in its wake
Environment The end of a storm can spell the beginning of a disaster. Long after the eye of the storm has passed, big storms can continue to spread disaster.
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Everything you thought you knew about tetanus is wrong
Health What’s rust got to do with it? Very little. Tetanus really is as bad as parents promise. But rust’s role in the deadly affair has been totally overblown.
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Where you should move to feel young forever, in one chart
Health How old will you be when you start to feel 65? It depends on where you live. It’s one thing to live longer, and another to live it well. Few of us would want to reach 100 if we already felt...
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Why public health officials have only ever eradicated one disease
Health 'Eliminated' diseases can return. Eradicating one for good is a near impossible public health undertaking. Measles is still technically eliminated in the United States. The disease was declared...
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Rising temperatures will help mosquitos infect a billion more people
Nexus Media News "Plain and simple, climate change is going to kill a lot of people." New research indicates that climate change could result in one billion new cases of infectious diseases globally...
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The FDA is finally updating its decades-old mammogram standards
Health Radiologists must now report a patient's breast density, which can complicate diagnosis. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced this week that it is proposing regulations which would...
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See what happens when tapeworms infest your brain
Health A tragic case report shows the horrifying result when tapeworms don't stay confined to your intestines. Tapeworms are revolting no matter where you find them, but at least in your gut they’re...
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Antibiotics save lives—but misusing them could lead to millions of deaths
Health According to a new UN report, drug resistance could result in 10 million yearly deaths by 2050. Overuse and misuse of antimicrobial medicine could cause devastating infectious disease outbreaks...
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African swine fever has killed a million pigs—and isn't slowing down
Health The science behind the world’s deadliest swine disease. Since early August, African swine fever has wiped out pork productions across China, Mongolia, Vietnam, and most recently, Cambodia,...
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You could get the plague (but probably won't)
Health The disease still thrives in the United States. In the grand scheme of today’s infectious diseases, the plague is by far one of the least likely microbes for the average American to pick...
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This island is many frogs' last hope for surviving the world's deadliest...
Animals New Guinea is the last place the deadly chytrid fungus hasn't reached. The world’s amphibians are fighting a deadly pandemic: the ancient chytrid fungus. It’s already killed off 90 species of...
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'Prob-eye-otics' could be the future of eye disease treatment
Health Ophthalmologists are feeling inspired by the eyeball microbiome. Just like the gut, the skin and the mouth, the eye also has a collection of microbes that keep it healthy. Understanding the eye...
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Lyme isn’t the half of it: here are 8 more tick-borne illnesses to watch out for
Health More reasons to avoid becoming a blood meal. Tick-borne diseases are becoming more common in the United States. A public health entomologist outlines some of the lesser known threats ticks pose...
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