Nicoletta Lanese

Some viruses can kill cancer, and scientists have known this for over a century. It's only in the past few de…

Doctors are searching for a better solution for patients with chronic pain - a way to switch their pain off a…

The equation doctors use to estimate cardiovascular risk is prone to miscalculation, according to a new study…

The National Institutes of Health invests over $32 billion in biomedical research every year, and scientists …

The Humane Society is spearheading a new cage-free farming initiative to ban cages for chickens, pigs and vea…

Are people being honest or are dating apps fraught with fibbers? Researchers at Stanford's Social Media Lab h…

If doctors could reverse these changes in the aging immune system, they could bolster older patients against …

Early puberty is a becoming a reality for many American girls, and it puts them at higher risk for depression…

As rising global temperatures spark more and more intense fires, a new study out of UC San Francisco suggests…

Monterey >> This week, the Monterey Bay Aquarium celebrated all things jellyfish as a swarm of shimmering moo…

Elkhorn Slough >> In a history-making partnership, Caltrans and the Elkhorn Slough Foundation have come toget…

Portland >> The western monarch butterfly population is the lowest it has been in five years. That is accordi…

newsroom@montereyherald.comSeaside >> About 130 feet below sea level in an underwater cave on the Yucatan Pen…

Moss Landing >> Trucks and excavators are dumping tons of dirt over the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Res…

Salinas >> As Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wondered out loud recently what the urgency was on craft…

Illegal dumping is a daunting problem in San Jose's low-income neighborhoods. The city has rolled out an ambi…

Monterey >> Fires, floods and the flu have made January, National Blood Donor Month, very challenging for blo…

A new model predicts that as ocean temperatures rise, carbon-storing sea grass may disappear and even go exti…

Salinas >> Officials are hoping a flight simulator unveiled Wednesday at the Salinas Municipal Airport will h…

The moon rides high over the Bolivian Amazon as the Tsimané people crowd around the fire to tell stories. A c…