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Scientists have engineered a monoclonal antibody that can protect mice from a lethal dose of influenza A, a new study shows. The new molecule combines the specificity of a mature flu fighter with the ...

A new study looking at the impacts of plastic ingestion by seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals found that relatively small amounts of consumed plastic can be deadly. The research analyzed the ...

Following the death of a St. Tammany Parish woman who had used an "excessive dose" of kratom, Coroner Christopher Tape is urging people to use extreme caution when ingesting the herb, which is ...

Investigators in an October 2024 traffic stop near the Sacramento International Airport found and seized 330,000 pills weighing more than 60 pounds and suspected of containing 10 to 15 million lethal ...

The lethal dose for racemic bupivacaine was higher for two-week-old rats than for 16-week-old rats, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia. Researchers infused Wistar rats with RS(±) ...