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France reports first human Shamonda virus case

PARIS:  French ​health authorities said they had detected the Shamonda virus usually affecting livestock in a human for the first ⁠time in a patient who ⁠later died, while adding that they saw no risk to the...

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Scared of the dentist? Here’s how to cope

Dental anxiety is a common problem and studies of adults in the United States generally find that around 20 percent of respondents have moderate to high fear of dental care. (Dominic Kesterton/The New York Times)

Global coral bleaching event expands, now the largest on record

Bleached corals are seen in a reef in Koh Mak, Trat province, Thailand. — Reuters file photo

Recent winners of the Nobel literature prize

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This disease can damage the liver for years without being detected

Fatty liver disease

Earth had a ring 466 million years ago: Study

An artists rendering provided by Oliver Hull depicts the Earth surrounded by a temporary ring of debris 466 million years ago. (Oliver Hull via The New York Times)

How can I get ‘forever chemicals’ out of my life?

There is mounting evidence that forever chemicals, also known as PFAS and found in such common things as water, soil and cookware, can increase the risk of some types of cancer. (Naomi Anderson-Subryan/The New York Times)

Nobel prize for medicine goes to U.S. duo for discovery of microRNA

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Is it safe to exercise when you’re sick?

How to know when its best to refrain from exercise and when its safe to return to your normal activities.

The food of space travel could be based on rocks

A tray containing a sample from the asteroid Bennu. (Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebers/JSC/NASA via The New York Times)

The world’s oldest termite mound is 34,000 years and counting

Termite mounds dot the landscape of Namaqualand in western South Africa. Locals call them heuweltjies, which means little hills in Afrikaans. (Alistair Potts via The New York Times)

This cheese stood alone for 3,600 years

A dairy sample was found on the person of a mummy buried in the Tarim Basin of northwestern China.

The sun will destroy the earth one day, Right? maybe not

A conceptual illustration of a rocky planet orbiting a white dwarf star.

The truth about tuna

An illustrative image of cans of tuna, in New York, Sept. 22, 2024. (Bobbi Lin/The New York Times)

How healthy are apples?

Apples with honey and crushed walnuts. Props styled by Kalen Kaminski. (Michael Graydon & Nikole Herriott/The New York Times)

Power couple's ongoing battle

Professors Salim Abdool Karim and his wife Quarraisha Abdool Karim pose at the Centre for the Aids Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) in Durban
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