Dr. Gil Mor discusses sex-specific placental responses and long-term immune alterations from prenatal virus exposure.

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The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright movement. It helps explain how human ancestors left life on all fours ...

The new analysis study showed the delay may stem from genetic mutations that are present when a child is born – but activate ...

Common fast food meals often carry dangerous levels of plastics that leach from packaging and equipment into the food itself. A Daily Mail graphic showcases the worst offenders.

First year rural health "pity fund" awards from the federal government averaged $200 million. Arizona got less than that.

Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong ...

An international research team identified hundreds of genes essential for the development of brain cells, including one gene ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed ancient genomes of Human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from ...

For years, researchers have documented health differences between babies born vaginally versus by cesarean section—work that ...

Standards make everyday life run smoothly. You rarely notice them: the credit card that works in any corner of the world, the Wi-Fi signal that connects a remote village to the cloud, or the vaccine ...