Flatulence in children is a feeling of abdominal distension due to increased gas in the intestines, which may be accompanied by rumbling, flatulence, pain, and bowel irregularities. In infants, it often manifests as...
On Tuesday, Amsterdam will open 12 locations where people can go to cool down from the heat, the municipality and health service GGD announced. Due to the persistent heat, many schools are switching to tropical rosters...
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Thousands of men with prostate cancer in England will be offered a more precise form of radiotherapy that cuts treatment time by up to 75 per cent, based on the results of a trial led by The Institute of Cancer...
For the first time, a person living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has received a lung transplant from a donor who was also HIV-positive. The feat could open the door to more transplants for people living with...
Deaundra Vega qualified as a personal care assistant to help manage her husband, Jesse's, health needs. Courtesy of Deaundra Vega This story is based on an interview with full-time caregiver Deaundra Vega, 52, of...
It’s officially the beginning of summer and the season is raising temperatures to record levels in many parts of America. While many may welcome warmer weather, extreme heat is also one of the nation’s top killers — and...
States are increasingly deploying artificial intelligence to help manage their social safety net programs and reduce worker caseloads, but advocates warn there's little evidence of safeguards around the technology. Why...
US lawmakers are pressing the Pentagon to speed up the mass production and deployment of synthetic blood critical for traumatic injuries on the battlefield as Congress seeks to shore up the US biotechnology field to...
Published on 19/06/2026 - 10:27 GMT+2 • Updated 20/06/2026 - 12:42 GMT+2 Summer has not officially begun yet, but the heat has already been in place over much of Spain for weeks. That situation will only intensify in...
Basic science findings from chronobiology—the study of rhythmic processes adapting to a cyclic environment—have already had translational impacts on agriculture and are now beginning to influence medicine...
June 22 (Reuters) - Definium Therapeutics said on Monday that a single dose of its LSD-based experimental pill significantly reduced symptoms of major depression in patients in a late-stage trial. The New York-based...
The Food and Drug Administration this week cleared a second carcass-feasting fly species for use in maggot wound therapy, according to an announcement from Cuprina Holdings, a Singapore-based company that has dubbed its...
Last week, we looked at a new study of the origin of complex cells, one that showed that our ancestors’ genomes were pieced together from bits and pieces of multiple species. It put a spotlight on a phenomenon called...
As hard as it can be to admit, you can have a stroke. Your loved one can have a stroke. Statistically, someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds; every 3 minutes and 14 seconds, someone dies of a...
Utah has spent the past year fighting measles outbreaks — a grim milestone that could affect whether the United States can keep its measles-free designation. More than 680 people have gotten sick since the state's first...
Before Serena Williams picked up her racket at London’s Andy Murray Arena last week, two questions hung over her return to tennis. First: How would she do? She answered that, in her first competition in nearly four...
Shutterstock / Futurism Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech As AI finds its way into hospital systems around the world, the case of one Brazilian woman...
The basic training facility for the Air Force in San Antonio, Texas, is experiencing a flu outbreak following the end of mandatory vaccination for all service members. As of Wednesday, there are at least 159 known cases...
This episode is part of “ The Young American Scientists, ” an editorially independent project that was produced with financial support from Regeneron. Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American ’s Science Quickly, I’m...
A “brain-eating amoeba” called Naegleria fowleri has been found in recreational waters at several national parks across the U. S. West this year. Scientists took 185 samples from Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton...
Nearly 160 troops have reportedly been sick with the flu at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dropped a flu vaccine mandate in April, according to news reports. The outbreak in San...