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Samples of yeast collected around Baltimore, that are being stress-tested at the Casadevall lab at Johns Hopkins University. Casadevall Lab hide caption toggle caption Casadevall Lab Samples of yeast collected …

This year’s Lasker Prize for public service goes to South African researchers Salim and Quarraisha Abdool-Karim. The married couple made a startling discovery about HIV — and did something about …

Is your to-do list overwhelming? Do the demands of family or work stress you out? Or maybe it’s politics, climate change, or global conflict that are making you feel anxious. …

The Maryland State House on May 11, 2023, in Annapolis, MD. Brian Witte/AP/AP Photo/Brian Witte hide caption toggle caption Brian Witte/AP/AP Photo/Brian Witte For advocates of medical aid in dying, …

Student researchers Mayisha Alam (L) and Swazi Tshabalala (R) collect samples as part of their work with the nonprofit BioBus. Christine Marizzi/BioBus hide caption toggle caption Christine Marizzi/BioBus Student researchers …

Stress is woven into the human experience. The older I get, the more I’ve come to expect challenges and struggles — in relationships, career and parenting — as well as …

Nicole Fahey, six months pregnant, receives a Pfizer vaccination from a nurse on Nov. 3, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag/Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times …

A new scientific report finds that the gap between federal and state regulations on cannabis is leading to emerging problems with public health Jim Mone/AP hide caption toggle caption Jim …

Veronica, 17, drove with her mother nearly four hours from her home in Iowa to visit a doctor in Minneapolis in September. Iowa banned gender-affirming care for youth in March …

The Food and Drug Administration approved Cobenfy, a twice-a-day medication that is a new kind of treatment for schizophrenia in adults. Steve Belkowitz/Bristol Myers Squibb hide caption toggle caption Steve …