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Polio outbreaks incited regular panics decades ago, until a vaccine was developed and the disease was largely eradicated. Then on Friday, New York City health authorities announced that they had found the virus in wastewater samples,…

NEW YORK (AP) — The virus that causes polio has been found in New York City’s wastewater in another sign that the disease, which hadn’t been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials…

A team of astronomers have used the ALMA telescope to find a slowly-rotating galaxy in the early Universe. That galaxy is the youngest ever found with a measured rotation, and it's much slower than present-day galaxies.  All galaxies…

Astronomers have measured the strongest magnetic field ever found in the universe. The honor goes to a powerful type of neutron star, with a surface magnetic field of over 1.6 billion Tesla.The newly crowned record-holder is a binary…

Placeholder while article actions loadLONDON — The United Kingdom has declared a rare “national incident” after traces of the highly contagious poliovirus were found in sewage in London, the government said.Britain, like many developed…

Hubble Space Telescope image of a distant star that was brightened and distorted by an invisible but very compact and heavy object between it and Earth. The compact…

Placeholder while article actions loadMassachusetts health authorities said Wednesday that they confirmed a case of a rare and sometimes serious viral illness called monkeypox — the first infection identified in the United States this…

North Carolina has doubled its reported total of hepatitis cases, from four to nine, as the mysterious infections continue to pop up around the country.State health officials reported the updated figures on Wednesday night, WRAL reports.…

Three new Omicron subvariants have reached Australia and health authorities say people who contract the virus should wait three months before getting their next Covid-19 vaccination.Assoc Prof Stuart Turville from the University of New…

 (CNN) — Astronomers have detected a powerful radiowave laser, known as a megamaser, in space.This record-breaking megamaser is the most distant one ever observed at 5 billion light-years away from Earth.The light from…