Climate change will make outbreaks of West Nile virus more likely in the UK within the next 20-30 years, scientists say.

Between 1991 and 2018, more than a third of all deaths in which heat played a role were attributable to human-induced global warming, according to a new study in Nature Climate Change.

Decades after federal bans ended widespread use of lead in paint and gasoline, some urban soils still contain levels of the highly toxic metal that exceed federal safety guidelines for children, a Duke University study finds.

Illinois researchers found that fluorescent light sensors can detect the otherwise invisible signs of high-temperature stress in soybeans and that this stress is linked to a reduction in crop yield.

A NASA satellite instrument that will measure air pollution over North America has reached another key project milestone.

Within the next decade, the novel coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 could become little more than a nuisance, causing no more than common cold-like coughs and sniffles. 

Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common form of dementia and is characterised by the build-up of amyloid plaques in the brain. 

A filter made from polymer nanothreads blew three kinds of commercial masks out of the water by capturing 99.9% of coronavirus aerosols in an experiment.

Chronic exposure to second-hand smoke results in lower body weight and cognitive impairments that more profoundly affects males, according to new research in mice led by Oregon Health & Science University.

In the midst of a devastating global pandemic of wildlife origin and with future spillovers imminent as humans continue to come into closer contact with wildlife, infectious-disease models that consider the full ecological and anthropological contexts of disease transmission are critical to the health of all life.