A recent CBS News/YouGov survey found that two-thirds of Americans want recreational marijuana use to be legal. Nearly 70 percent...

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Researchers at Harvard University and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have created a detailed atlas of a critical...

The pandemic may be easing, but a new set of emotional challenges has only just begun. One worker got the...

A skin pigmentation mechanism that can darken the color of human skin as a natural defense against ultraviolet (UV)-associated cancers...

In 2018, a study found that a high dose of an omega-3 fatty acid given to patients with an elevated...

The delta variant of the coronavirus has been spreading rapidly throughout the U.S. and worldwide. William Hanage, associate professor of...

New research in humans and mice identifies a particular signaling molecule that can help modify inflammation and the immune system...

A collaborative group of researchers has identified substantial microbial changes in the intestines of at-risk infants before disease onset in...

In a recent posting on her Facebook page, Brytney Cobia, a physician in Birmingham, Alabama, described the pain of telling...