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Black-crowned night herons could go the way of the passenger pigeon, vanishing from the city. Why remains a mystery.

In a quest to provide more relevant translational data, traditional in vivo models join forces with new approach methodologies.

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This is just the latest spat between two rival construction unions over the future of California housing policy.

Nothing about long Covid adds up. All of this is very strange. Stranger still are patients’ stories of astonishing recoveries from severe long Covid, achieved entirely outside mainstream medicine. The ...

The closure of two San Jose Target stores due to rodent issues had customers wondering if these problems are becoming more ...

A rare type of Lyme disease caused by B. mayonii bacteria was found for the first time in New York state. It was previously ...

Though B. mayonii might cause more severe illness on average, it’s remained a rare cause of Lyme since its discovery. So it’s ...

The illness is still considered to be Lyme disease, but it comes with “very, very high level of bacteria” in the blood and ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina on Friday said it was expanding its investigation into the origins of the hantavirus ...