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Vibrio parahaemolyticus Sequence Type 3 was first reported in India and expanded globally to areas with distinct climates including Latin America. In this study, the authors investigate the evolutionary mechanisms driving emergence of the strain in Latin America using 280 publicly available genomes and 32 samples newly sequenced in this study.

Analysis of data related to the Ukraine famine of 1932–1933 shows that in utero exposure to famine increases the risk of adult type 2 diabetes by more than twofold.

Nature talks to infectious-disease specialists about whether vaccines will curb this outbreak and more.

Exposure to air pollution and living in a country with high socio-economic inequality are linked to a bigger gap between brain age and chronological age.

The virus is endemic to the Amazon but is now spreading outside the region ― and has been linked to human deaths for the first time.