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Flawed implementation of a global eradication strategy brought poliovirus to Gaza, and wartime conditions let the infection ...

Why ordinary people will follow orders to the point of hurting others remains a critical question for scientists—though some ...

Hurricane Helene is a large storm set to bring substantial storm surge to the coast of Florida, as well as wind and ...

An office in the Pentagon investigated UFOs—and the paranormal—over a decade ago, segueing into a long saga leading to ...

Experts call for greater testing of contacts of a person who was infected with the H5N1 bird flu strain before the virus ...

A prominent Florida doctor expressed dismay that medical leaders in the state, leery of angering Gov. Ron DeSantis, have been ...

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More and more climate scientists are supporting experiments to cool Earth by altering the stratosphere or the ocean ...