Health

Dental Care Safe for Pregnant Women: Experts

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Gene Tied to Obesity in Humans

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WHO releases guidance on mental health care after trauma

WHO is releasing new clinical protocols and guidelines to health-care workers for treating the mental health consequences of trauma and loss.

Japan steps up to help stop polio outbreak in Somalia

UNICEF has received an emergency contribution of US$1.3 million from the Government of Japan to procure and distribute urgently needed polio vaccines for children in Somalia.

Researchers get close-up view of water pores needed in the eye’s lens

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This illustration shows two views of a single unit of the aquaporin-0 channel. The left channel is open, allowing the passage of...

Mechanism that allows bacteria to infect plants may inspire cure for eye disease

By borrowing a tool from bacteria that infect plants, scientists have developed a new approach to eliminate mutated DNA inside mitochondria—the energy factories within cells. Doctors might someday use the approach to treat a variety of mitochondrial...

Lymphoma Risk Varies for Celiac Disease Patients

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Taking the Sting Out of Insect-Bite Allergies

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Proposed Food Assistance Bill Sends a Distressing Message

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Healthy Eating, Good Night's Sleep Really Do Help Kids Learn

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