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Could One Drug Stop the Next Pandemic? New Research Aims to Protect Against All Viruses

Could One Drug Stop the Next Pandemic? New Research Aims to Protect Against All Viruses

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 20, 2025November 20, 2025

In the ongoing battle against viruses, scientists have made a significant breakthrough that could change the way we fight infections.…

What Happens to Your Gut When You Take Medication? This Groundbreaking Study Explains It All

What Happens to Your Gut When You Take Medication? This Groundbreaking Study Explains It All

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 20, 2025November 20, 2025

Our intestines are home to trillions of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other microbes, all living in an intricate ecosystem that…

Scientists Uncover Genetic ‘Time Bombs’ Behind ADHD—Risk Could Be 15x Higher

Scientists Uncover Genetic ‘Time Bombs’ Behind ADHD—Risk Could Be 15x Higher

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 20, 2025November 20, 2025

It’s a mystery that has lingered for decades: what causes Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)? For years, researchers have known…

What Happens After COVID? New Study Reveals 8 Distinct Paths Long COVID Can Take

What Happens After COVID? New Study Reveals 8 Distinct Paths Long COVID Can Take

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 20, 2025November 20, 2025

Long COVID remains one of the most persistent and perplexing aftereffects of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. For millions of people around…

Scientists Discover Shocking Similarities in the Brain Structures of Kids with ADHD, Anxiety, and Depression

Scientists Discover Shocking Similarities in the Brain Structures of Kids with ADHD, Anxiety, and Depression

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 20, 2025November 20, 2025

For years, researchers have been piecing together the puzzle of mental health in children and adolescents, but a new study…

This New Pill Could Cut Cholesterol by Over 50%—Here’s How It Works

This New Pill Could Cut Cholesterol by Over 50%—Here’s How It Works

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 20, 2025

Imagine for a moment that you’ve inherited a genetic condition that leaves you battling an invisible force within your body,…

New Analysis Suggests Keto Diet May Ease Depression — But Leaves Big Questions About Anxiety

New Analysis Suggests Keto Diet May Ease Depression — But Leaves Big Questions About Anxiety

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 19, 2025November 19, 2025

The story begins quietly, deep inside the cells of the human brain. For years, researchers have known that disorders like…

Migraine Attacks May Be Triggered by “Unusual Days,” Study Finds

Migraine Attacks May Be Triggered by “Unusual Days,” Study Finds

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 17, 2025November 17, 2025

The story begins not in a lab but in the quiet, unpredictable rhythm of daily life. A slightly worse night…

Scientists Find Fetal Brain “Echoes” Hidden in Adult Schizophrenia Brains

Scientists Find Fetal Brain “Echoes” Hidden in Adult Schizophrenia Brains

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 17, 2025November 17, 2025

The mystery began with a contradiction that has haunted psychiatry for decades. Schizophrenia, a disorder marked by hallucinations, delusions, and…

Scientists Discover the Uterus Has “Pressure Sensors” That Help Control Labor — And It Changes Everything We Thought We Knew

Scientists Discover the Uterus Has “Pressure Sensors” That Help Control Labor — And It Changes Everything We Thought We Knew

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 17, 2025November 17, 2025

Labor begins with a whisper, not a roar. Before the first visible contraction, before the gripping tension that signals a…

Scientists Discover Two Genes That Decide Which Fly Neurons Live—or Die—and the Secret Determines Who Can Sing

Scientists Discover Two Genes That Decide Which Fly Neurons Live—or Die—and the Secret Determines Who Can Sing

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 17, 2025

In the quiet unfolding of a fly’s nervous system, long before it learns to flutter its wings or find a…

Scientists Finally Crack Hydralazine’s Mystery—and Discover It Stops Aggressive Glioblastoma

Scientists Finally Crack Hydralazine’s Mystery—and Discover It Stops Aggressive Glioblastoma

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 16, 2025

For generations, hydralazine has been one of medicine’s quiet workhorses. Doctors reached for it during emergencies, pregnant patients relied on…

Scientists Discover First Single Gene That Can Directly Cause a Mental Illness

Scientists Discover First Single Gene That Can Directly Cause a Mental Illness

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 16, 2025

For decades, the story of mental illness has been told in many threads, woven from environmental influences, life experiences, and…

Scientists Discover Gut Bacterium That Prevents Obesity — Even on a High-Fat Diet

Scientists Discover Gut Bacterium That Prevents Obesity — Even on a High-Fat Diet

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 16, 2025November 16, 2025

For as long as people have struggled with weight, the world has offered an endless parade of solutions. Diet trends…

Young Adults Are Getting Colorectal Cancer—And Ultra-Processed Foods May Be to Blame, Study Finds

Young Adults Are Getting Colorectal Cancer—And Ultra-Processed Foods May Be to Blame, Study Finds

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 14, 2025November 15, 2025

Colorectal cancer has long been considered a disease of age—an illness that typically emerges after decades of cellular wear, environmental…

Your Anxiety Might Be Controlled by the Brain’s Immune System, Not Your Thoughts

Your Anxiety Might Be Controlled by the Brain’s Immune System, Not Your Thoughts

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 13, 2025November 15, 2025

Anxiety affects millions of people around the world—so many, in fact, that it’s become one of the defining mental health…

This Shape-Shifting Ultrasound Patch Could Transform How We Heal Our Bodies

This Shape-Shifting Ultrasound Patch Could Transform How We Heal Our Bodies

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 13, 2025November 15, 2025

For decades, scientists have dreamed of creating wearable ultrasound devices that could image the body with the same clarity as…

Scientists Finally Prove a Common Virus Causes Lupus — And Nearly Everyone Has It

Scientists Finally Prove a Common Virus Causes Lupus — And Nearly Everyone Has It

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 13, 2025November 15, 2025

It hides in nearly everyone you know—inside your family, your friends, even yourself. The Epstein-Barr virus, or EBV, quietly lives…

Silent Bird Flu Infections Found in Humans — CDC Confirms Rare H5N1 Cases Without Symptoms

Silent Bird Flu Infections Found in Humans — CDC Confirms Rare H5N1 Cases Without Symptoms

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 13, 2025November 15, 2025

When we think of bird flu, we picture scenes of mass poultry culls, soaring egg prices, and biohazard-suited workers struggling…

LSD Microdosing Cut Depression by Nearly 60% — and the Results Lasted Six Months

LSD Microdosing Cut Depression by Nearly 60% — and the Results Lasted Six Months

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 13, 2025November 15, 2025

For millions around the world living under the heavy fog of major depressive disorder, the search for relief can feel…

Scientists Discover Depression Isn’t All the Same — and One Type Is Far More Hereditary

Scientists Discover Depression Isn’t All the Same — and One Type Is Far More Hereditary

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 13, 2025November 15, 2025

Depression is one of the most common and devastating mental illnesses in the world. It can arrive quietly or suddenly,…

Scientists Discover Pancreatic Tumors “Hack” the Nervous System to Grow Faster

Scientists Discover Pancreatic Tumors “Hack” the Nervous System to Grow Faster

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 12, 2025November 15, 2025

Pancreatic cancer is often called a silent killer. It grows quietly, spreads aggressively, and resists most treatments, making it one…

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