The Ninth Circuit on Monday heard a spat between the University of California and the University of Southern California over Alzheimer’s research data to decide whether the case belongs in federal or state court.
Read moreNew Zealand plans to slaughter about 150,000 cows as it tries to eradicate a strain of disease-causing bacteria from the national herd.
Read moreThe World Health Organization is accelerating its efforts with nine countries neighboring Congo to try to prevent the current Ebola outbreak from spreading beyond the border, WHO’s director for Africa said Wednesday, as a colleague warned that the next few weeks will determine whether the virus can be kept under control.
Read moreResearchers on Thursday reported the first evidence that animals can mentally replay past events from memory – a discovery that could aid the development of new drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease.
Read moreMissouri marijuana proponents scored a victory Tuesday as the state’s Republican-dominated House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a measure to legalize medical marijuana.
Read moreThe Supreme Court took up a capital case Monday involving a tumor-ridden man who was described by one prosecutor as a “homicidal energizer bunny.”
Read morePlaying music that is personally meaningful to Alzheimer’s sufferers could help alleviate the anxiety associated with dementia, according to research published Friday in The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Read moreA class of drugs developed to treat cancer and other diseases enhances antibiotic treatment of tuberculosis in mice, a new study finds.
Read moreA woman claims hip-hop singer R. Kelly “intentionally infected” her with a sexually transmitted disease while grooming her to join his alleged “sex cult.”
Read moreWorking with 15 adults whose bones appear in X-rays to be melting like wax candles, National Institutes of Health researchers reported Wednesday that there is a genetic basis for the rare disorder.
Read moreResearchers reported Monday that they have found a suitable animal model to study a viral disease that is fatal in nearly one of every three cases.
Read moreA federal indictment unsealed Monday claims the founder of Trina Health bribed a former Republican Alabama lawmaker in an effort to force the state’s largest insurer to cover the specialized diabetes treatment his clinics provided.
Read moreRidden with rare tumors, a man described by a prosecutor as a “homicidal energizer bunny” won his second stay of execution from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read moreA federal judge dismissed the United States with prejudice as a defendant in claims and cross-claims against it for a 2012 hantavirus outbreak in Yosemite National Park, but claims against Delaware North Parks & Resorts and others will go to trial on April 8.
Read moreMosquitoes are a year-round downside to living in subtropical Miami, but millions of bacteria-infected mosquitoes flying in a suburban neighborhood are being hailed as an innovation that may kill off more bugs that spread Zika and other viruses.
Read moreAuthorities in Guinea announced the first death from Lassa fever in more than two decades Thursday, heightening anxiety about another hemorrhagic fever in the West African country where an Ebola epidemic first emerged.
Read moreA woman claims in court that Amazon pulled a contingent employment offer because she uses medical marijuana as a treatment for diseases that cause muscle and nerve deterioration.
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