Health

Scientists harnessed a new method to precisely measure the amount of information the brain can store, and it could help advance our understanding of learning.

A new 3D model of a human blood vessel made in the lab may help accelerate the development of new antivenoms, researchers say.

Certain stretches of ancient viral DNA in the human genome may increase the chances of developing three neuropsychiatric disorders.

This infection, tied to an ongoing outbreak in cows, is the first in the U.S. to cause respiratory symptoms, but not the first H5N1 case in the world to do so.

A woman kept mysteriously getting drunk despite not consuming alcohol. Turns out, a rare condition called "auto-brewery syndrome" was to blame.

Medical case reports feature a wide array of unusual ailments, from "furry tongues" and water allergies to changing eye colors.

A small modeling study suggests that some patients with severe traumatic brain injury may have recovered had they been kept on life support for longer.

Mutations in "junk DNA" could be responsible for rare genetic cases of intellectual disability, new research hints.