For certain conditions, those who were more disadvantaged had twice as high a risk of developing age-associated diseases.

More than 50 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, most within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. Initial analysis suggests neither Ebola nor Marburg is the cause.

Smallpox has a fearsome reputation, having killed more people in history than any other infectious disease. It was quite a victory, then, when English physician Edward Jenner developed an ...

This is the largest genome-wide association study meta-analysis of its kind, analysing  data on 42 female reproductive health ...