Tulane University researchers have been awarded a five-year, $3.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how changing the gut microbiome may ease chronic inflammation and associated gastrointestinal issues for people taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV.

Kissing bugs are one of the primary transmitters of Chagas disease via T. cruzi parasites. New research shows that being infected by multiple strains of the parasite may stop the progression of the disease. 

Coastal wetlands and coral reef islands will struggle to grow fast enough to keep pace with rising sea levels driven by climate change, according to a new international study published in Nature and co-authored by a Tulane University researcher. 

Black Americans are 54% more likely to die of cardiovascular disease than White Americans, despite a substantial overall reduction in cardiovascular disease mortality nationwide. Now, a new study from Tulane University has found that this racial disparity can be attributed to social factors such as unemployment, low income, and lack of a partner rather than known factors such as hypertension and obesity. 

In a new study published in Nature Geosciences, researchers, led by a Tulane University sedimentologist , investigated why the paths of meandering rivers change over time and how they could be affected by climate change.

Who lived at Machu Picchu at its height? A new study, published in Science Advances, used ancient DNA to uncover where workers buried more than 500 years ago came from within the lost Inca Empire.