In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there's a Monster Mash and you can meet the “Ghosts of ...

Scientists have achieved a “striking” reversal of Alzheimer’s disease in mice by restoring the normal function of the brain’s vasculature—the network of blood vessels that supplies it with oxygen and ...

University of Toronto researchers have made the first discovery of a virus that infects Legionella pneumophila, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease. The findings, published in Science ...

Share on Pinterest The new gene therapy showed promise by significantly slowing down Huntington’s disease. Santi Nuñez/Stocksy Huntington’s disease is a genetic brain disorder that causes symptoms ...

CDC warns that a parasitic illness called Chagas disease is now endemic — or always present — in several states. Biting insects called kissing bugs have been identified in 32 states, predominantly in ...

How humans move is an open question, according to Mark Latash, distinguished professor of kinesiology at Penn State. Investigations continue into how the nervous system generates meaningful movements, ...

A study is asking the Centers for Disease Control to declare Chagas disease, also known as "kissing bug" disease, an endemic after cases have been reported in eight different states. Since 2013, ...

The parasitic kissing bug disease is not new, but it has become increasingly common to the point of being endemic in the U.S. Because of this, the insect-borne illness has been a point of interest for ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Alabama’s Department of Public Health is raising concerns and awareness about a rare, but potentially serious illness. Alabama has been lucky as bordering states see cases of ...

Black-legged ticks are the primary spreaders of Lyme disease in humans. But in Michigan and other U.S. states, it’s whitetail deer — and not people — that serve as the ticks’ primary hosts. Which is ...