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'Fingerprints of cancer' found after scientists flash infrared light pulses at blood samples
A new, AI-powered test can detect the molecular "fingerprints" of cancer in a patient's blood using flashes of infrared light.
Diagnostic dilemma: A scientist caught plague from bacteria thought to be 'noninfectious'
A scientist who was working on plague-causing bacteria caught the disease despite using weakened strains that were deemed noninfectious.
US measles outbreak tops 600 cases — what to know about the disease
As measles outbreaks in the U.S. continue, here's what to know about how the disease spreads, what its symptoms are, and how to protect yourself and community from the illness.
2 school-age children have died in Texas measles outbreak, as total cases pass 480
Texas officials reported the death of a second school-age child in the state's ongoing measles outbreak.
Bird flu could soon evolve to spread between humans. Here's how to slow its progress.
At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It's a sign that a pandemic may be on the horizon.
$3 million Breakthrough Prize goes to scientists that completely changed our understanding of multiple sclerosis
Two prominent scientists who study multiple sclerosis — Dr. Alberto Ascherio and Dr. Stephen Hauser — are co-winners of a 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.
Drug makes blood toxic to malaria-spreading mosquitoes
Nitisinone, a drug that is already used to treat two genetic diseases, could be repurposed to control the spread of malaria, according to new research.
This rare bacterial infection triggers pus-filled sores in the lungs and brain
Nocardiosis is a rare bacterial infection that attacks the lungs, skin and brain.
Diagnostic dilemma: A man's deadly infection was triggered by a probiotic supplement
A man with a complex medical history ended up with a rare bacterial infection after taking probiotics in the hospital.
'We will fight for him': Author John Green meets Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient with drug-resistant disease
"At the time, I knew almost nothing about TB. To me, it was a disease of history — something that killed depressive 19th-century poets, not present-tense humans."
