Taiwan on Tuesday hit out at countries that "confuse" it with China after the Philippines became the latest to impose a travel ban on the island over the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
Feb 11, 2020
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Federal authorities will begin screening airline travelers arriving from Wuhan, China, for signs that they may be infected with a new coronavirus that is spreading in Asia, officials announced Friday.
Jan 20, 2020
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Worldwide, 880,000 people die each year as a result of infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Antiviral drugs that can suppress replication of the virus are available. However, these must be taken for decades, as there ...
Jul 28, 2022
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Researchers are one step closer to understanding the "internal GPS" of animals and humans, by investigating whether rats can learn spaces just by observation. In a new study published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, ...
Jul 13, 2022
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The World Health Organization on Wednesday condemned efforts by the world's biggest cigarette vendor to rebrand a day dedicated to raising awareness about the dangers of tobacco use.
May 29, 2019
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Like all living beings, human physiological processes are influenced by circadian rhythms. The disruption of our internal clocks due to an increasingly unbalanced lifestyle is directly linked to the explosion in cases of ...
Sep 19, 2022
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Spain, South Korea and Israel on Friday joined nations imposing COVID tests on travellers from China, after Beijing dropped foreign travel curbs despite surging cases.
Dec 30, 2022
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The emergence of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is the "ultimate evidence" of the danger of unequal vaccination rates around the world, the head of the Red Cross said on Friday.
Dec 3, 2021
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The latest investigations into a promising new genetic test for glaucoma—the leading cause of blindness worldwide—has found it has the ability to identify 15 times more people at high risk of glaucoma than an existing ...
Jul 15, 2021
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Albinism is the best-known of a group of rare genetic disorders that can affect both eyes and skin. Some genes have been identified that are linked to these conditions, but many remain mysterious. Now a team led by UC Davis ...
Aug 1, 2019
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