Unlocking the secrets of an ancient plague
The first historically recorded pandemic is believed to have struck the walled city of Jirash, in what is now modern-day Jordan, in the 7th century.
What is chickenpox and who can get an NHS vaccine?
The standard NHS childhood vaccination programme will include chickenpox from 2 January 2026.
At the Pentagon, OpenAI is In and Anthropic Is Out
It’s been a crazy 48 hours in the A.I. industry.
What we know so far: Supreme Leader Khamenei killed, as Iran launches retaliatory strikes
Iran responds by launching missiles and drones towards Israel and four Gulf Arab countries that host US military bases.
Ayatollah Khamenei’s iron grip on power in Iran comes to an end
Iranian state TV confirms the supreme leader has been killed on the first day of massive US and Israeli air strikes on the country.
Why is WhatsApp’s privacy policy facing a legal challenge in India?
A 2021 policy update requires users to share data with Meta for ads purposes to continue using the app.
Where have Nepal’s ‘nepo kids’ gone as corruption takes centre stage in election?
The excess of politicians’ children was front and centre of the anger that drove protests that toppled the government last year.
Pope Leo says LGBTQ+ doctrine won’t change anytime soon: “I have nothing more to add on this point”
A new biography of Pope Leo XIV, out this spring, includes an extensive interview with the first American pontiff, and he’s not very bullish on
Scientists discover how muscle stem cells “flip a switch” to rebuild damaged muscle
Scientists at the University of California, Irvine’s School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences have discovered how muscle stem cells “flip a switch” to rebuild damaged
Engineered proteins track gene expression in living primate brains
Gene therapy has been successfully used to treat a number of diseases, including immune deficiencies, hereditary blindness, hemophilia and, recently, Huntington’s disease, a fatal neurological
Blood biomarker guides bladder-sparing treatment decisions for cancer patients
Circulating tumor DNA, or ctDNA, can predict metastatic risk in patients who receive bladder-sparing treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer, but it is not a good
Tick-derived protein discovery can advance treatment for inflammatory diseases
When the immune system detects a harmful or foreign agent it triggers an inflammatory response small proteins called chemokines direct immune cells to the site
New structural insights pave way for hantavirus vaccines
Hantaviruses, transmitted from rodents to people, have a death rate approaching 40%. They’re found around the world, and because there are no approved vaccines or
Trump moves to ban Anthropic from the US government
US President Tweety McTreason announced Friday that he was instructing every federal agency to “immediately cease” use of Anthropic’s AI tools. The move comes after