UK health authorities are probing 27 cases linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak believed to have spread at a nightclub in southeast England.

A gaping hole was left on a small island in the Pacific Ocean when the United States military released an 18-kiloton nuclear blast in 1958, known as the 'Cactus' test.

Two young people are dead and 20 are receiving treatment after a meningitis outbreak at the University of Kent.

Federal regulators on Thursday approved a new higher-dose version of the blockbuster obesity drug Wegovy that may help users lose more weight and keep it off.

A study identified a turning point at which that acceleration typically occurs: around age 50. After this time, the trajectory at which your tissues and organs age is steeper than the decades ...

It's been known for some time that psychological stress can make eczema (atopic dermatitis) worse, but it hasn't been clear how or why.

The human body is sometimes said to host 'two' brains – the big one in your skull and the mini version in your gut.

GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy are taken for weight loss and diabetes management, but another potential health boost has now emerged: a reduced risk of complications in people recovering from ...

The cannabis plant contains two powerful compounds that may reverse fatty liver disease in mice without causing any ...

The rapid climate change we are experiencing today is mainly driven by the greenhouse gases we humans keep releasing into the ...

Far away, alone in a crater on a planet inhabited only by robots, NASA's Perseverance rover explores a dry landscape that was ...

Worldwide peanut production results in more than 10 million tons of waste piling up each year in the form of discarded shells – but now scientists have discovered a method of turning this biomass into ...