The hormone lipocalin-2, found naturally in humans and mice, could potentially treat obesity, a new study found.

A week after extremely promising news about two US vaccines, developers of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine said it has shown an efficacy rate better than 91%.

Even with regular physical activity, older women (ages 50-79) who spend more waking hours in sedentary behaviors, such as sitting or lying down, have an increased risk of heart failure serious enough to require hospitalization, according to new research published in Circulation: Heart Failure.

Infants’ brains may be shaped by levels of stress their mother experiences during pregnancy, a study has revealed.

Can you put a price on pollution? Some of the world’s biggest economies are doing just that as they wrestle with how to make good on grand pledges to tame planet-warming emissions.

A report published on Tuesday by a global research group estimated that cash-strapped Zimbabwe is losing at least $1.5 billion a year through the smuggling of gold, mainly to traders in Dubai.

Almost 100 pilot whales have died in a mass stranding on New Zealand’s remote Chatham Islands, conservation officials said Wednesday.

Using blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors to treat patients with severe pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus showed little benefit, according to data released from a clinical trial in Argentina.

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