Melanoma cells under a fluorescence microscope; podosomes (yellow), nuclei (blue) and actin (red). Image: Julio C. Valencia, National Cancer Institute, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain (cropped) The melanoma vaccine in this week’s headlines will not...

Influenza A/H1N1 virus particles (colorized transmission electron micrograph). Image: NIAID via Wikimedia Commons, public domain (cropped) Flu season has started about two and a half months ahead of schedule. It’s led by an H1N1 strain...

Christina Applegate at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2014. Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0 American actress Christina Applegate says she does not have multiple sclerosis five years after she announced her diagnosis. She shared...

Vegetarian diets are often linked to better long-term health, but new research from China suggests the relationship between diet and longevity may be more complicated than previously thought. A study published in The American Journal...

Russia has rejected reports of a suspected second plague case in Siberia, dismissing much of the media coverage as “false information” as the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Union and the United States seek...

A rare fungal infection that can invade the human brain appears to be detected more often in the United States, prompting scientists to investigate what may be driving the increase. The fungus, Cladophialophora bantiana, is...

Nearly 200 people have been placed under medical observation in Russia’s Siberian Irkutsk region after a laboratory worker died following a reported infection with plague, prompting a hospital quarantine and an emergency public-health response. The...

Covid cases are rising in Britain as England enters autumn, with the latest UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) divs showing a sharp increase in hospital admissions and positive tests. The weekly Covid-19 hospital admission rate...

A new obesity drug candidate is generating major attention after delivering average weight loss of more than 30% in a long-term clinical-trial extension. The drug is retatrutide, an experimental once-weekly injection being developed by Eli...

A fungus living in the human gut may have an unexpected role: helping the intestine withstand damage caused by radiation. Chinese researchers have identified Mucor racemosus, a filamentous fungus that can live in the gut,...