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Is the coronavirus alive? Scientists have argued for years over whether viruses are alive at all. Most agree that viruses are mystifying and life i...

Influenza, or the flu, is a serious disease. Every flu season millions of people catch the flu and thousands die. Getting an annual flu vaccine hel...

Years before COVID-19 arose to plague our world, the first coronavirus epidemic to inflict serious illness upon people was SARS, severe acute respi...

RNA and its molecular cousin DNA are nucleic acids that carry the genetic code. RNA, or ribonucleic acid, acts as an intermediate messenger for gen...

Mouthwash maven Dr. Joseph Lister lent his name to this food-borne bacterium that pregnant women in particular should avoid.

Everyone starts life in a woman’s uterus where we develop during pregnancy. Each side of the uterus has an ovary with thousands of human eggs. Educ...

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Fairy tales can come trueIt can happen to you with this Young at HeartAnd if you should survive to 105Look at all you'll derive out of bein' aliveA...