The number of malaria cases rose again in 2022, propelled by flooding and warmer weather in areas once free of the illness.
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Could Longevity Drugs for Dogs Extend Your Pet’s Life?
Longevity drugs for our canine companions are moving closer to reality. They also raise questions about what it might mean to succeed.
Egypt Wiped Out Hepatitis C. Now It Is Trying to Help the Rest of Africa.
Effective drugs that have made the disease curable have yet to reach most of the region.
Unvaccinated and Vulnerable: Children Drive Surge in Deadly Outbreaks
About 60 million “zero-dose children” have not received any vaccines and have aged out of routine immunization programs. Protecting them will require a costly vaccination blitz.
Ailing Hamas Hostages Desperately Need Care, Doctors Say
Many of the more than 200 people seized by Hamas when it raided Israel had serious medical conditions. Some were badly injured in the attack. Doctors say they need medical care urgently.
Why Vultures Might Just Be the Smartest Birds Above the Block
The birds are widely reviled for their carrion-eating ways. But an evolutionary history of scavenging has forged a creative, cunning and wide-ranging mind.
Ending TB Is Within Reach — So Why Are Millions Still Dying?
Tuberculosis has passed Covid as the top infectious disease killer, despite new medicines and better diagnostic tools.
To Wear the Sudoku Crown, One Must Solve Any Number of Puzzles
Pens, pencils and a facility with numbers. Also helpful: earplugs, plushies, a water bottle, calming herbal oil and the occasional “wild bifurcation” (a.k.a. a wild guess).
A Giant Leap for the Leap Second. Is Mankind Ready?
A top scientist has proposed a new way to reconcile the two different ways that our clocks keep time. Meet — wait for it — the leap minute.
These Amphibian Children Have a Taste for (Mom’s) Skin
Caecilians are the first amphibians known to pass on their microbiomes to their offspring.