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I can’t just say happy birthday to this book — after all it’s pretty much anti-birth. But that’s what the book really was — an early harbinger of the many scares put out by this group or that.

Cases of cholera can be found all over the world. That said, they are not typically found in certain places - like Canada.

It's easy to get sick during a flight, right? With the recycled air and all of those people cramped together - isn't a plane basically a flying petri dish?

A new study shows that a compound found in our tubes of toothpaste may be an effective drug against malaria.

Before the use of emotional support animals became subject to widespread abuse in order to game the system, many would attest that they were serving a helpful, mostly low-profile role for their owners.

And from the same people who bring us increasingly irreproducible results, a new article, published in Psychology Today, purports that the “Placebo Effect is Growing.” In the author’s words, “Over the last several years evidence has been accumulat

Let's start by making a very obvious statement. Perhaps the most obvious statement ever. Car seats are safe to use.

Shingles develops in one out of every three adults who've previously had chickenpox. Luckily there's not one, but two vaccines, against the painful rash. So why aren't adults getting the shot?

Boston is known for many things, and one of its most prominent assets is its high number of top-notch colleges and universities.

When Henry Kissinger (an ex-Theranos board member) wrote the entry for Elizabeth Holmes's inclusion in TIME magazine's 2015 top 100 Most Influential People, he wrote,