WASHINGTON (AP) - A unique peek inside the human brain may help explain how it clears away waste like the kind that can build up and lead to Alzheimer's disease.
Evelyn Hamm was born with a hole in the middle of her heart. But her parents and her doctors expected it. During her 20-week anatomy scan, doctors detected the congenital heart condition, an atrioventricular septal defect
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - It's hard to miss the overflowing bowl of condoms at the entrance of the gym. Some University of Mississippi students walking past after their workout snicker and point, and the few who step forward to consider grabbing a condom rethink it when their friends catch up, laughter trailing behind them. Almost no one actually reaches in to take one.
GOMA, Congo (AP) - Congolese authorities on Saturday began vaccination against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several African countries and beyond was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization.
NEW YORK (AP) - Humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study. Advances in medical technology and genetic research - not to mention larger numbers of people making it to age 100 - are not not translating into marked jumps in lifespan overall.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A spacecraft blasted off Monday to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA two years ago.
STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Nobel prizes award season begins Monday with the announcement by a panel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm of the winner of this year’s medicine award.
NEW YORK (AP) - To save power, NASA has switched off another scientific instrument on its long-running Voyager 2 spacecraft.
