Though distressing, transient global amnesia is not a dangerous condition, and it’s not known to be a sign of more serious ones. No treatments are needed, but triggers can be avoided. Transient global ...

The typical case is characterized by a sudden, complete inability to retain new information, lasting for several hours, in a middle-age or older person, with preservation of alertness and all other ...

A new study analyzing historical photographs taken by the Palomar Observatory between 1949 and 1957 has detected several mysterious bright spots in the sky. These transient objects, captured on film ...

In December 2019, a novel virus crossed into humans and has gone on to cause global havoc in the intervening months. At the time of writing in August 2020, the betacoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV), ...