Emily Cooke

A new mega-database of half a million mutations may flag new ways of treating genetic disease, scientists say.

The newborn had a birth defect that left a gap in his lower spine, through which tissue pushed out and formed a giant, red, balloon-like structure.

Tularemia, or "rabbit fever," is an infectious disease that normally affects animals but can spread to humans, sometimes via tick and deer fly bites.

In a rare medical case, a woman in her 70s was hospitalized with heat stroke after stretching in a sauna for 45 minutes.

A new study in mice suggests that sleeping pills may impede the brain's ability to "cleanse" itself during sleep.

Situs inversus is a rare genetic condition that causes the organs in the chest and abdomen to be located on the opposite side from where they're usually found, like a mirror image.

From fungi brewing alcohol in a person's gut to parasitic brain infections, here are some of the oddest medical case reports we covered in 2024.

Frosted branch angiitis is a rare condition that makes the blood vessels that supply the retina look like the frosted branches of a tree.

Experts explain why you're more likely to catch a cold in the winter than in warmer seasons of the year.

As fatal familial insomnia progresses, patients completely stop sleeping and enter a coma-like state that results in death within months.

Two men from Rochester, New York died from a type of pneumonia after being exposed to a harmful fungus living in bat poop used to grow cannabis.

The inner lining of the small intestine nearly doubles in size during pregnancy and breastfeeding, according to new research in mice and human tissue.

The Leibniz Prize is awarded annually to scientists for their "outstanding achievements in the field of research."

Angelman syndrome is a rare disease that disrupts the normal development and function of cells, particularly in the nervous system, leading to severe developmental delays and learning disabilities.

A new mRNA therapy tested in mice may target the root cause of the potentially fatal pregnancy disorder preeclampsia.

A new study claims to have identified 13 proteins associated with either accelerated or decelerated brain aging. However, experts have questioned the practical implications of the findings.

A new laboratory study in mice suggests that primates like humans evolved large brains with a helping hand from microbes that live in the gut.

Common colds and the flu differ in many ways, including their causes, some of their symptoms and their treatments.

Patients with acromegaly make too much growth hormone, which causes them to grow disproportionately large bones, organs and tissues.

New brain scans have shown that neurons in several regions of the brain become significantly more active across birth.

An office worker in Beijing developed a parasitic infection that caused worms to grow under her right eyelid.

Electrodes can now be printed onto the scalp to measure brain activity.

Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare congenital condition that causes the body to grow a second skeleton, rendering patients immobile.

Experts explain why it's healthy to let your children occasionally play in the dirt — and it may not be for the reasons you assume.