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Students cheers from the stands during the celebrations for Ghana 65th Independence Day on March 6, 2022. The country gained independence on March 6, 1957. The author of this article …

Sophia Ferst (left) and her wife, Madison Bethke, outside of Helena, Montana. After Roe v. Wade was overturned, Ferst decided to get sterilized. She is one of many people under …

A patient with AIDS at a community hospital in the Central African Republic. Sub-Saharan Africa has high rates of HIV infection — and was the location for a trial testing …

Mary Ann Herbst, a patient at the Good Samaritan Society nursing home in Le Mars, Iowa, gets her first COVID-19 vaccine shot on Dec. 29, 2020. A recent study found …

This image provided by Eli Lilly shows the company’s new Alzheimer’s drug Kisunla. The Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly’s Kisunla on Tuesday for mild or early cases of …

Illustration of a brain and genomic DNA on a dark blue particle background. Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images Illustration of a brain and genomic DNA …

By testing the drug rapamycin as a way to prevent gum disease — often associated with heart disease and dementia — researchers may learn more about if it slows age-related …

Lab experiments show that some ants will treat the injured legs of comrades, and when it’s necessary will even perform medical amputations. Bart Zijlstra, UNIL hide caption toggle caption Bart …

Jerrian Reedy, left, a student at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, assists Dorothy Gray, a student at Northside High School in the Mississippi Delta, as she practices intubation …

We know relationships are important for our overall well-being. We’re less likely to have heart problems, suffer from depression, develop chronic illnesses — we even live longer. Now, thanks to …