Poor air quality caused about 400,000 premature deaths in Europe in 2016

One listed reason for raising prices was "market conditions."

France’s lower house of parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a bill that aims to give single women and lesbian couples legal access to in vitro fertilization, egg freezing and fertility medication. The assisted reproduction measures are part of a broader bioethics bill voted by the National Assembly, the lower house, where French President Emmanuel Macron’s government has a majority. The bill passed 359-114. It must still go to the Senate for debate.

Meta-analysis finds non-pharmacological interventions are more effective for easing behavioural symptoms.Paul Biegler reports.

The Times found a rising number of death investigations across the country were complicated or upended after transplantable body parts were taken before a coroner’s autopsy.

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The deadly virus wreaking havoc in Asia has been detected in Timor-Leste, just 680km north of Darwin

Australian scientists believe they have found the world's first alternative to opioid pain relief

Emerging science indicates that fathers play a more significant role in pregnancy outcomes than previously thought.

Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a capsule strong enough to survive stomach acid.

A Philadelphia jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $8 billion in damages to a man who said his use of J&J’s antipsychotic Risperdal caused enlarged breasts.

New evidence suggest that humans unintentionally pollute office air by carrying and spreading harmful volatile compounds into the indoor environment.

William G Kaelin, Sir Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg L Semenza win 9m Swedish kronor prize for work on how cells adapt to oxygen availability

New research suggests that people who eat more homemade meals tend to have lower levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in their blood.

In the battle against antibiotic resistance, many scientists have been trying to deploy naturally occurring viruses called bacteriophages that can infect and kill bacteria. Bacteriophages kill bacteria through different mechanisms than antibiotics, and they can target specific strains, making them an appealing option for potentially overcoming multidrug resistance. However, quickly finding and optimizing well-defined bacteriophages to use against a bacterial target is challenging.

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The authors noted that this operation was "successful in all aspects" for the five patients and that none of them experienced procedural complications.

Abortion has now been decriminalized in almost all of Australia after the country's most populous state voted to overturn a 119-year-old law. On Thursday, lawmakers in New South Wales -- which is home to Sydney -- voted to pass a bill that decriminalizes abortion and makes terminations available to people who are less than 22 weeks pregnant.

In the afterglow of successful fecal transplants, researchers are now sniffing around vaginal fluids for the next possible bodily product to improve health—and they’re roused by the possibilities.

The evidence is too weak to justify telling individuals to eat less beef and pork, according to new research. The findings “erode public trust,” critics said.