US researchers have uncovered how the Zika virus stealthily spreads within placental cells, disrupting the immune system and leading to fetal death....

Zika virus stealthily invades the placenta, posing risks to fetal development and causing birth defects like microcephaly.

In her latest book, Mother Animal, the writer gives a personal account of the impact of ‘forever chemicals’ on her and her child during and after...

Since then, several studies have shown that early-life factors, including the birth mode, antibiotics, nutrition, infection, stress and genetics...

Immunotherapy, which uses programmed immune cells to selectively destroy cancer cells, has transformed cancer treatment. However, cancer cells have...

Scientists in China have discovered a new type of coronavirus in bats that can infect human cells, but experts say it does not pose a public health...

In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish infection of liver cells,...

Scientists have identified a novel influenza A virus (H18N12) in fishing bats in the Colombian Caribbean, revealing genetic reassortment events that...

  Identify and discuss one psychosocial issue in a school setting, which could create a barrier to learning (e.g., bullying, substance abuse,...

A pioneering study by scientists from the University of Cyprus and the University of Oxford has uncovered a new cellular mechanism that could lead to...