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Teenagers who use cannabis may be more likely to develop serious psychiatric conditions by young adulthood, according to a major new study published in JAMA Health Forum. Researchers tracked 463,396 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 17 through age 26. They found that teens who reported using cannabis within the previous year faced significantly

A bipartisan pair of senators on Monday introduced legislation that would support research into the link between intimate partner violence and maternal deaths and illness. The legislation by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, would direct the Health and Human Services Department to support research on how domestic violence...

New findings suggest that melanoma does not behave uniformly across the lifespan, with immune defenses and tumor activity shifting in unexpected ways between youth, middle age, and advanced age. Cancer research may be overlooking a crucial variable: age. Cancer becomes more common with age and is often harder to treat in older adults. Yet most

Every year, mosquitoes in mostly tropical and subtropical countries cause millions of cases of dengue fever, a virus that induces potentially lethal flu-like symptoms. Cases surged in 2019, after rising for decades, making dengue one of the World Health Organization’s top-10 global health threats and the fastest-growing mosquito-borne disease.   In 2023, 6.5 million people contracted

Gianine Figliozzi Feb 25, 2026 Certain nutrients critical for human health lack the shelf life needed to span multi-year missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. NASA’s BioNutrients-3 is part of an experiment series testing ways to use microorganisms to produce these nutrients in space and on demand. The on-demand nature of this experiment is

Technological advances over the past four decades have turned mobile devices and computers into the world's largest library, where information is just a tap away. Phones, laptops, tablets, smartwatches—they're a part of everyday life, simplifying access to entertainment, information, and each other. Ongoing advancements in generative artificial intelligence are giving these technologies even more of

Pakistani students looking to pursue Master’s or PhD studies abroad now have a top opportunity through the Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme 2026. This fully funded scholarship supports outstanding researchers from around the world and gives students a chance to study and conduct research at leading Irish universities. What the Scholarship Offers The Government

Tattoos can cause lifelong changes to the body’s immunity as well as affect vaccine responses, according to a new study. An international team of researchers has found that tattoo ink collects in the lymph nodes, affecting the body’s resistance to disease, in findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. While studies