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Researchers say study provides sufficient rationale to further explore the therapeutic uses of SSRIs during infection.

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Do you blow your nose so hard that your head starts reeling Doing that will simply exacerbate your symptoms Read on to know ...

Elad Harel is used to shining a light on the mysteries of the natural world. Working at the cutting-edge of ultrafast ...

Hundreds of different species of microbes live, laugh, and love in your gut. In the future, one of these might serve a new function: microscopic in-house pharmacist.

Now that the cattle, poultry, and animals in the wild in India at several places have been confirmed to have caught the H5N1 ...