51¶¯Âþ

heart disease

Two people looking at each other

Humans

We may be able to tell someone's heart rate just by looking at them

Researchers asked volunteers to match an on-screen heart rate to videos of people's faces, and the participants were able to guess better than chance. It could be that this ability helps us judge other people's emotions

51¶¯Âþ

Social distancing in a park

Health

Are pets at risk of getting covid-19 and can they spread it to people?

51¶¯Âþ

2AT6JKF Fentanyl transdermal 50mcg/hr timed release skin patch and foil wrapper. Credit: MedStockPhotos/Alamy

Health

Fatal cardiac arrests could be hiding opioid overdose deaths in the US

51¶¯Âþ

Coronavirus: US has no cohesive plan to tackle massive second wave

Health

Coronavirus: US has no cohesive plan to tackle massive second wave

51¶¯Âþ

lyme disease vaccine

Health

Lyme disease vaccine found to be safe and effective in clinical trial

51¶¯Âþ

Boosting gut microbes helps protect mice against Alzheimer’s disease

Health

Boosting gut microbes helps protect mice against Alzheimer’s disease

51¶¯Âþ

A volunteer in Seattle takes part in a trial for a vaccine developed by Moderna

Health

Coronavirus vaccine hope rises after a flurry of positive results

51¶¯Âþ

How a Jewish ghetto beat a typhus epidemic during the second world war

Health

How a Jewish ghetto beat a typhus epidemic during the second world war

51¶¯Âþ

Alzheimer's beta-amyloid fibrils

Health

Alzheimer’s disease may start in the gut and spread to the brain

51¶¯Âþ

Climate change may push Zika virus into southern and eastern Europe

Environment

Climate change may push Zika virus into southern and eastern Europe

Mosquitoes carrying Zika virus are infectious when temperatures are 19°C or higher – climate change may increase the virus’s range into southern and eastern Europe and the northern US

51¶¯Âþ

Health

Scotland could eliminate the coronavirus – if it weren't for England

Analysis

Health

Why New Zealand decided to go for full elimination of the coronavirus

51¶¯Âþ

Health

Monitoring of ticks in the US is patchy and underfunded

51¶¯Âþ

Health

Is it safe for coronavirus 'shielders' in the UK to go outside now?

51¶¯Âþ

Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop