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To better understand how cancer tumors grow, mathematicians use diffusion models.

New strategy helps build synthetic organs from scratch. This enabled the researchers to grow functioning liver tissue in the lab that could be transplanted into mice with liver disease.

Like it or not, the facial feature most influenced by your genes is your nose. Researchers investigate which genes are involved in sculpting the face.

Food security emerged as a major issue for women nearing the end of their lives in Malawi.

With new US COVID-19 cases topping 200,000 a day, contact tracers are overwhelmed. Here’s how infected people can start tracing and notifying contacts themselves.

There are three key factors behind the government’s poor COVID-19 responses in the past nine months, and Indonesians can take steps to fix this.

Healing is a complicated process. As people age, higher rates of disease and the fact that old cells lose the ability to divide slow this process down.

Over one-third of America’s COVID-19 deaths have been nursing home residents. Employee policies, particularly for low-paid aides, have sharply raised the risk.

Being indoors with other people is a recipe for spreading the coronavirus. But removing airborne particles through proper ventilation and air filtration can reduce some of that risk.

More states are adding mask mandates as COVID-19 cases soar. If you’re traveling, shopping or seeing friends and family in person, masks are a crucial protective measure.

The pandemic is bringing up tough new questions as parents and grandparents develop advance care plans. Here’s how to start the conversation.

Gen Z is breaking stereotypes, but there are still some worrying trends when it comes to substance abuse.

Australia has a huge opportunity to design a recovery strategy that strengthens our resilience to future shocks and ensures the country’s long-term, sustainable prosperity.

Cyberattacks on Australian healthcare facilities are on the rise.

Elder economic insecurity is a problem for all races, but it’s far more common for people of color, particularly in certain states.

African countries need multi-sectoral approaches to tackle food insecurity.

COVID-19 and holiday family gatherings are not a good pair. But taking the right precautions before, during and after the family gets together can greatly reduce coronavirus risk this holiday season.

Air pollution can weaken people’s respiratory, immune and cardiovascular systems, leaving them more vulnerable when they get COVID-19.

The detailed work of making the End of Life Choice Act work in practice now begins, including the decision about how assisted dying will be funded.

A new discovery offers hope for ways to treat a debilitating disease that has become a leading cause of death in the US..