An electron micrograph of the measles virus. Credit: CDC/ Courtesy of Cynthia S. Goldsmith Mexican health authorities reported 22 cases of measles on Thursday, following an outbreak in the United…
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Symptoms of long COVID can last up to two years after infection, research suggests
Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels Some 23% of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 between 2021 and 2023 developed long COVID, and in more than half of them the symptoms persisted for…
Mikveh ritual bath discovered at Ostia Antica
Archaeologists excavating at Ostia Antica have discovered a Jewish ritual bath known as a mikveh. Ostia Antica was an ancient harbour town situated at the mouth of the Tiber River.…
Measles cases in Europe and Central Asia doubled last year to the highest reported level since 1997
A vial of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is on display at the Lubbock Health Department Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. Credit: AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File There…
Errors in attention adaptively impact spatial working memory, study finds
Attention error and spatial working memory experimental paradigm. Credit: Nature Human Behaviour (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02109-5 Humans are known to rapidly adapt their mental processes and behavior based on feedback they…
More than 1.2 million medical device side-effect reports not submitted within legal timeframe, analysis finds
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain More than 1.2 million medical device adverse event reports were not submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within the deadline set by federal…
Discovery at Las Chapas could be the oldest stone carvings of human origin
The Department of Culture, Education, and Historical Heritage has announced the discovery of carvings on a gabbro stone block which could date from 200,000-years-ago. The carvings were found during excavations…
Novel spatial immune-based risk prediction platform can predict hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence
Spatial multi-omics analysis reveals associations between NK cell distribution and HCC recurrence. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI:10.1038/s41586-025-08668-x A research team led by Prof. Sun Cheng from the University of Science and…
“Mental Booster Shots” Strengthen Resistance to Fake News
Summary: New research reveals that short, memory-focused interventions can help individuals resist misinformation more effectively and retain these skills over extended periods, acting as “psychological booster shots.” The study evaluated…
Middle age is a time when women are vulnerable to eating disorders
“No one expects a grown woman in her 40s to have an eating disorder. That’s for teenagers, right? Well, guess what – it happened to me.” Alexa, a 44-year-old real…
