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The advanced development of a novel next-generation anthrax vaccine and a new type of anthrax antitoxin have received support through new contracts funded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).

Martha Lebasale

A baby sleeps inside a homemade blue light incubator in Mae La

A boy in an IDP camp, Yemen

SpongeBob Squarepants may be too much for little minds.

"Jeopardy!" contestants Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter compete against Watson at a press conference in January. Soon Watson could be giving answers to your doctor's questions.

On this September 11th, many will mourn, in public or privately, the loss of more than 2,500 lives in New York on 9/11/01. The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation acknowledges that few may be aware, however, that those who were lucky enough to survive the events of those day, as well as the first responders and bystanders, could still be in danger. Certainly we have all heard of the incidence of disease—ranging from depression to emphysema to cancer—among those who worked at Ground Zero in the days and months after 9/11. But very little has been written about mesothelioma,an almost-always fatal cancer that is caused by exposure to asbestos.

Deer ticks like this one can spread a parasite that causes babesiosis. And infected people can spread it through blood donations.

FDA says Beware Brazilian Blowout