Unknown disease worries the WHO: it has already caused 5 deaths in Burundi and affected 35 people
The World Health Organization has made the matter public, stating that investigations are underway with the support of local partners.
A potential new weapon against glaucoma: the smart contact lens
As the Institut Supérieur de la Santé explains, glaucoma is a disease that progressively damages the optic nerve, slowly but severely.
Artemis II: a mission full of records
The Artemis II mission is not only man's return to orbit around the moon after more than half a century, but also a flight full of historical and symbolic firsts.
Sharks drugged in the Bahamas: almost 30 specimens tested positive for cocaine, caffeine and drugs
The study, published in Environmental Pollution and coordinated by Brazilian biologist Natascha Wosnick, analyzed 85 specimens caught near the island of Eleuthera.
Endometriosis: science finally unveils its most complex symptom
Sometimes, it all starts with symptoms that seem to inhabit different quarters of the same body. The headaches that come knocking every month. The intestine that goes haywire on menstruation days. The bloating, the nausea, the pain that moves from room to room.
For first time in 40 years, deep water off Panama's coast hasn't risen: ocean system appears to be on verge of collapse
For more than four decades, the ocean along Panama's Pacific coast followed a precise and reliable rhythm. Between January and April, cold, nutrient-rich water masses rose from the depths, feeding the marine food chain and protecting coral reefs and local fisheries. In 2025, however, this mechanism came to a sudden halt. The Panama upwelling didn't take place, leaving scientists without historical references and questioning the stability of tropical ocean systems.
Microplastics: could tamarind seeds help our bodies get rid of them?
In recent years, microplastics have gone from being just an environmental problem to a very real presence inside the human body.
Easy talking about stress! Scientists distinguish 7 forms of mental stress - which is yours?
There's one thing almost everyone takes for granted when talking about mental stress: that it's a singular feeling, more or less intense, more or less manageable. A vague burden, hard to describe, that brings with it some anxiety, some insomnia and moments of irritability. However, that assumption might be incorrect, or at least quite incomplete.
Invisible but always there: study reveals what really happens to cigarette butts in the ground
We see them on the ground, on sidewalks, at the edge of gutters. Then the rain comes, cars go by, seasons change, and after a while they're gone. Or rather: we no longer see them. Because in the meantime, they've simply changed shape.
A connected ring on every American's finger by 2030: Trump's grand plan
A titanium ring, a few sensors and an app to manage everything: at first glance, it's not exactly the heart of a health revolution.