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United States President Donald Trump wears a mask when he visits the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland on July 11, 2020. Alex Edelman | fake pictures President Donald Trump has offered his best support yet for wearing face masks in public, tweeting Monday that it is …

On July 14, Jefferson County Public Health officials announced that they found the first case of bubonic plague in a squirrel. Only three days later, the first human case of bubonic plague was confirmed. The first human cases of the plague came from Inner Mongolia when two brothers were hospitalized …

Diet-related illnesses are a growing burden on the United States economy, worsening health disparities and affecting national security, according to a document published Monday in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Poor nutrition is the leading cause of disease in the US, with unhealthy diets killing more than half a …

In addition to responding to electrical and chemical stimuli, many of the body’s neural cells can also respond to mechanical effects, such as pressure or vibration. But these responses have been more difficult for researchers to study because there has been no easily controllable method of inducing such mechanical stimulation …

Researchers from the Berkeley Lab and Carnegie Mellon University have designed new solid electrolytes that light the way for broader electrification of transportation. Credit: Courtesy of Jinsoo Kim. New battery technology developed at the Berkeley Lab could fuel electric planes and overcharge safe long-range electric cars. In search of a …