Biology

The pandemic has put a lot of pressure on both our health care system and the scientific process — exposing weaknesses that have long e ...

How faulty data, Big Pharma and the fallout from hydroxychloroquine has haunted the research world, as desperate doctors and researchers look for a COVID-19 treatment.

As scientists race to develop a vaccine that proves "safe and effective," that doesn't mean it will prevent infection in everyone who gets it.

Technology is always changing the way we work, and what kinds of jobs are available. But now these changes are happening at lightning spe ...

Antibodies that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly, as some earlier reports suggested.

What if your body could corral an infection instead of eliminating it? Immunologists who see this in plants wonder what role it might play in asymptomatic COVID-19 infections.

Most of us dread mosquito season — but on some level, you’ve got to admire these pesky bloodsuckers. Over the millennia, they’v ...

Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Open to new experiences, or comforted by routine? Shy or the life of the party? Figuring out what m ...

A race-car accident shook her frontal lobes and cerebellum like a baby rattle, doctors said. Personality change after a trauma like that isn’t uncommon. 

Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, said the larvae were likely pushed to New Jersey from Florida by Tropical Storm Isaias.

Health and beauty may go together in the drugstore — but in real life, the two aren’t always so simpatico. From excessive dieting to ...

Technology isn’t just changing our world — it’s changing the words we use to describe it. Language is evolving at breakneck speed, ...

Humans have a close relationship with trees. We plant and cultivate them for food and shelter. Trees offer protection from the rays of th ...

The vaccine will start its most important step around July 27: A 30,000-person study to prove if the shots really are strong enough to protect against the coronavirus.

The commitment to ApiJect dwarfs the other needle orders the government has placed with a major manufacturer and two other small companies.