Skin, as the largest organ of the human body, is influenced by exposure to environmental factors such as UV radiation, which ...

Ebola is a deadly hemorrhagic disease caused by a virus that is endemic in parts of East-Central and West Africa. Most people are aware that a primary route for person-to-person transmission is ...

But all of that is outweighed by the plastic, concrete and other material that humans have produced in the last century alone in the form of everything from roads and skyscrapers to cars ...

that is transmitted to humans by black flies that breed near fast-flowing rivers and streams. Once inside a body, the worms can produce thousands of larvae that spread to the eyes and skin causing ...

But as we have seen with other influenza strains, the virus continues to evolve. There have been reports of humans being infected without a clear animal contact. A research paper this month ...

A recent discovery in Türkiye is shaking up our understanding of human evolution. Scientists have identified a new fossil ape, Anadoluvius turkae, from an 8.7-million-year-old site near Çankırı. This ...

Bacterial skin infections can happen when bacteria enter the body due to a break in the skin. Different types of skin infections include methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), impetigo, ...

Neanderthals and humans likely mixed and mingled during a narrow time frame 45,000 years ago, scientists reported Thursday. Researchers analyzed ancient genes to pinpoint the time period ...

This gene flow left non-African populations with 1-2% Neanderthal ancestry, contributing beneficial traits like immune resilience and skin pigmentation. The study also identified Neanderthal ...

It seems to be a pre-emptive defense against the microbe entering the bloodstream through everyday cuts and scratches that break the skin. “We got blood from human donors and found that their ...

Previous research showed 3 that the skin of adult mice that had been raised without microbes could be colonized by Staphylococcus epidermidis, a common and harmless bacterium found on human skin.