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There are an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States, each with their own experience of adversity and loss. Financial, psychological, medical, familial — individuals labeled undocumented amass a multitude of…

Somebody just coughed on you. On a plane. At a dinner party. In a supermarket line.If only there were a “morning after” nasal spray that could knock out respiratory viruses’ ability to colonize your nose and throat.In a study publishing…

A new analysis of data from a yearlong weight-loss study has identified behaviors and biomarkers that contribute to short- and long-term weight loss.Strictly following a diet - either healthy low-carb or healthy low-fat - was what…

Early in the pandemic, when people with COVID-19 began reporting that they lost their sense of smell, Zara Patel, MD, figured as much. A professor of otolaryngology at Stanford Medicine, Patel has, for years, studied loss of smell as a…

Children with autism often struggle to identify emotional cues in other people’s voices because of differences in the wiring and function of a key social center in their brains, according to a new study from the Stanford School of…

Stanford faculty members Anne Dekas, Sean Follmer, Monroe Kennedy, Petra Persson, Barbara Simpson, Erik Sperling, Jenny Suckale, Madeleine Udell, and Johan Ugander have each received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award.The…

In developing countries, most antibiotic prescriptions are not only pointless — an estimated 70% to 80% of them are given for viral infections, which the medications don’t treat — they’re also harmful, as overuse of antibiotics…

A discovery by Stanford School of Medicine researchers of biomarkers in the blood and urine of women with a dangerous complication of pregnancy could lead to a low-cost test to predict the condition.The findings, which published online…

Newly released research from Stanford’s Petra Persson and Maya Rossin-Slater finds that Williams’ harrowing encounter with the U.S. health care system reflects a stark reality for many Black women, whether they are rich or poor: Black…

When sunlight reflects on an oily puddle of water in a parking lot, it creates a rainbow of swirling colors. That's because of the thin film interference principle, which explains how light reflects off of different layers, or films, in a…