The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have begun cancelling billions of dollars in funding for research related to COVID-19. COVID-19 ...

Sixteen people in Yakima County have active cases of tuberculosis, according to Yakima Health District officials. Seven cases are being monitored by the Yakima Health District and nine are being ...

Canada is experiencing its largest measles outbreak in more than a decade, with cases rising to about 500 in recent weeks. The majority are in Ontario and Quebec, but other provinces are seeing cases ...

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

For most of us, hiccups are a fleeting nuisance—a few seconds of staccato spasms and… well, that’s mostly it. But for one elderly man in Lebanon, the spasms didn’t stop. Not for hours.

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A new mRNA vaccine could prevent pancreatic cancer from returning — potentially for the long haul. In a small clinical trial, some patients who received the vaccine remained cancer-free for more ...

Department of Chemistry and the Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology ...

Stomata are formed by pairs of specialized epidermal guard cells, which are the main pathways for gas exchange in the essential physiological processes of leaf plants, such as carbon assimilation, ...