Only four donors have transmitted rabies to organ transplant recipients since 1978, according to federal officials. By Rylee Kirk A man died of rabies after getting a kidney transplant from another ...

A family in Tullahoma is mourning the loss of a child and her grandfather in a dog attack. Coffee County Sheriff’s officials say the infant was mauled inside a home by at least seven dogs on Wednesday ...

Both the Czechoslovakian wolfdog and the chihuahua have some recent wolf DNA, a new study suggests. cynoclub via Getty Images If you’ve ever joked that your lap dog was ferocious or your furry friend ...

What is the gut virome? The gut virome is a diverse community of viruses that inhabit the intestinal ecosystem. The gut virome is dominated by bacteriophages that infect and regulate bacteria, along ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. For years, the San Luis Obispo–based nonprofit End Kids Cancer has supported researchers who are pursuing one of the oldest ...

Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center announced Thursday that it is halting its heart transplant program and directing patients to other facilities. The hospital, which as of 2016 had 34 beds in its ...

Hair loss is something that millions worldwide struggle with. It all starts subtly: a thinner crown, a receding hairline, a few extra strands in the sink, or just some thinner hair in general. At ...

In addition to her academic affiliation at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) and support from the Institute for Knowledge Exchange Practice (IKEP) at NTU, Jacqueline Boyd is affiliated with The Kennel ...

Dr. Jennifer Betz, medical director for the Dogs of Chernobyl program, said there is a "0% chance that the blue color is related to radiation." In late 2025, social media users began sharing images ...

A Stanford-led team has replaced toxic pre-transplant chemotherapy with a targeted antibody, allowing children with Fanconi anemia to receive stem cell transplants safely. The antibody, briquilimab, ...

Former Vice President Dick Cheney battled heart disease for most of his adult life, a life extended thanks in part to a heart transplant in 2012. Cheney, who died Monday due to complications of ...

There's no scientific evidence that the gut microbiome causes autism, a group of scientists argue in an opinion paper published in Neuron. They point to the fact that ...