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A new study released to mark the 70th anniversary of Sir Roger Bannister's sub-four-minute mile record has revealed the first 200 runners to follow in his footsteps also share another remarkable trait.

The long-term effects of flooding on mortality.

Addition of salt to food at the table and risk of developing stomach cancer.

Assessing potential health risks of vaping e-liquid.

The effectiveness of Vitamin D3 supplementation in reducing intensive care unit admissions.

A comprehensive meta-analysis reveals that biodiversity loss, climate change, and chemical pollution significantly increase global infectious disease risk, while urbanization may decrease it.

Pradipta Ghosh, M.D., sat down in her office at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and considered a request from the other side of the world.

For the roughly 150,000 AIDS patients who come down with a life-threatening infection called fungal meningitis each year, there aren't many options.

Standard of care treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is safe and effective for adults over 80, according to a study published in Blood Neoplasia. For roughly a quarter of patients, this treatment can durably prolong survival.

Study finds that first-time pregnancy is associated with increased body agency and visibility, alongside a decrease in the accuracy of learning new associations, indicating significant shifts in self-representation and cognitive processing during pregnancy.

Understanding how fat tissue forms and functions is crucial for addressing obesity and related metabolic diseases. However, adipose tissue, or body fat, behaves differently based on its location in the body.

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have made an important breakthrough that offers promise for developing new immune therapies for cancer.

Researchers discovered that venom toxins from African spitting cobras cause severe dermonecrosis, highlighting the need for targeted treatments like the repurposed drug varespladib.

A team led by the Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) has developed a vaccine approach that works like a GPS, guiding the immune system through the specific steps to make broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV.

Discrimination may speed up the biological processes of aging, according to a new study led by researchers at the NYU School of Global Public Health.

Most people with early-stage glaucoma don't know they have it, even though early treatment is key to reducing vision loss.

Researchers found links between higher prenatal exposure to bisphenols and high-molecular-weight phthalates with increased child weight and BMI from birth to age four in a New York cohort study.

A defining development of the 20th century that changed the course of public health was when governments around the world improved access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene.

The highest performing countries across public health outcomes share many drivers that contribute to their success.

A cubic millimeter of brain tissue may not sound like much. But considering that tiny square contains 57,000 cells, 230 millimeters of blood vessels, and 150 million synapses, all amounting to 1,400 terabytes of data, Harvard and Google researchers have just accomplished something enormous.