Transmission of toxoplasmosis from mother to fetus can lead to severe congenital problems and fetal death

Over the last decade, it's become clearer than ever that bacteria in the human gut—collectively termed the microbiome—play a key role in health and disease

Curated collection highlights research on facial development, birth defects, and natural variation

Researchers discover genetic difference between human groups that affects inflammation

In response to the 2014 outbreak, International Medical Corps ran five Ebola treatment units in Sierra Leone and Liberia

Around the globe, 750,000 people a year die of mosquito-transmitted diseases, including malaria, dengue, West Nile, Zika, and chikungunya fever

Scientists make improvements to a previously promising treatment that fell short in clinical trials

Based on this study, the current practice of authorizing animal experiments appears to rest on an assumption of scientific rigor, rather than on evidence that it is applied

Analysis of archived mummy reveals murdered young female with Chagas disease.