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Changes in rainfall can trigger increases in rodent populations and subsequent spikes in infection, new research has found, revealing how a changing climate could have consequences for human health.
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At the end of the last ice age, early humans crisscrossed the Americas following seasons, rivers and game, often with a trusty spear in hand.
As Suicide Prevention Month brings renewed attention to ways to reduce suicide risk, new research from CU Anschutz examines how extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), civil court orders that can…
A spore is a bacterium's survival capsule: dried almost solid and wrapped in protein armor, with its chemical processes shut down.
One of biology's fundamental questions is how our genes shape who we are. Adrian Serohijos and Stephen Michnick, professors in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at Université de…
Chemicals affect biological species in different ways, posing a major challenge for assessing environmental chemical risks.
A small new study by Emory University scientists suggests that people with mild cognitive impairment and disturbed sleep -- two hallmarks of early dementia -- who take high daily doses of vitamin D…
