Health

Researchers track an elusive virus in the rainforest

The epidemic is gone, but the virus will return—and a vaccine is still badly needed

Scientists suspect inactivity may be one culprit

Erasing potentially dangerous viruses brings field a step closer to making up organ shortage with pig parts

Wireless technology and machine learning help diagnose sleep disorders

Despite rapid tests, health workers undertreat malaria—and overuse antibiotics

Through 7 years and 2000 blog posts, Paul Knoepfler has insisted that stem cells are being oversold

Finding could lead to innovative allergy therapies

Bacillus cereus, a microbe widely seen as benign, is a mass killer of mammals, researchers say

Critics say the European Medicines Agency should do more to prevent repeats of last year's accident

Abnormal protein transmits symptoms of type 2 diabetes in mice, study finds

Hallmark plaques and tangles found in the largest analysis yet of old chimp brains

Patients with severe symptoms have more immune molecules circulating in their blood than healthy people

Close relatives of pathogenic bacteria lurk into sanitized sponges, new study finds

Editing embryos early in development could avoid technical hurdles of previous work

Newly developed glue sticks to wet tissues, effectively sealing wounds after surgery