Researchers at the University of Regina in Canada have found promise in a powerful but often overlooked source: traditional Indigenous medicine.

An interdisciplinary team has uncovered the first genetic evidence of the Plague of Justinian in the Eastern Mediterranean, reshaping the history of pandemics and our modern understanding of how pandemics emerge, recur and spread -- and why they remain a persistent feature of human civilization.

LJI researchers reveal the first 3D structure of a protein from a human endogenous retrovirus. Human cells make this protein by expressing ancient viral DNA—and it's unlike anything seen before.

Insomnia patients taking cannabis-based medical products reported better quality sleep after up to 18 months of treatment, according to a study published August 27 in the open-access journal PLOS Mental Health by Arushika Aggarwal from Imperial College London, U.K., and colleagues.

A new study of young adults has strongly linked better sleep quality with better mental wellbeing, with fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity also strongly associated with psychological wellbeing. Perhaps surprisingly, the findings also suggest that boosting fruit and vegetable intake could potentially help mitigate the effects on wellbeing of a poor night’s sleep. Dr. Jack Cooper, previously from the University of Otago, New Zealand, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS One on August 27, 2025.