Latest Medicine Stories
Ebola hasn’t been cured yet, but two experimental drugs are showing significant progress
Doctors altered a person’s genes with CRISPR for the first time in the U.S. Here’s what could be next.
The weirdest things we learned this week: Victorian sex drugs and deadly milk injections
Gene editing could help eliminate HIV
How a Victorian heart medicine became a gay sex drug
An e-cigarette shattered a teen’s jaw—here’s how they can turn explosive
This probiotic is going to bat against a horrifying fungal plague
The places in the world that still appreciate vaccines
These gut enzymes could save lives by converting Type A blood to Type O
Common dietary supplements linked to miscarriages in rodents
The gene mutation that protects against HIV could also shorten lives
Anti-vaxxers are only part of the measles problem
Schools have more unvaccinated kids than they realize
We’re finally studying how to combat the anti-vax movement, but the methods may surprise you
We’re barreling toward a 25-year measles record
Measles isn’t done, and these U.S. counties are at risk
Antibiotics save lives—but misusing them could lead to millions of deaths
Measles is an early warning sign for outbreaks of more serious diseases
Doctors can ignore your DNR order if you’re pregnant
CRISPR is now being used on humans in the U.S.
After millennia of allergy treatments, here’s what actually works
Megapixels: CRISPR turned these lizards into ghosts
Emergency rooms push Medicaid patients out more often than privately-insured people
It’s not a good idea to just let your kids get chickenpox
Why public health officials have only ever eradicated one disease
Gene-edited animals could help humanity, but they’re in ‘regulatory limbo’
The weirdest things we learned this week: 40,000 vanishing pigeons and the science of poodle haircuts
Rabid animals don’t always foam at the mouth—here’s what to look out for instead
Everything you thought you knew about tetanus is wrong
The treatment that cured two H.I.V. cases won’t work for most patients
Vaccines don’t cause autism, another massive study confirms
Some vaccinated adults may not be protected against measles
We need to police gene editing. The World Health Organization agrees.
What Washington can learn from past measles outbreaks
Engineering HIV-resistant babies may have accidentally changed their brains
Supplements make false claims to prey on people with Alzheimer’s—but the FDA is cracking down
The MMR vaccine covers mumps and rubella, too. Are outbreaks of these next?
X-rays could provide crucial clues in identifying domestic violence
The weirdest things we learned this week: deadly molasses and the best way to battle cattle
1 in 4 kindergartners aren’t fully vaccinated in county with measles outbreak
Most health ‘cures’ you hear about in the news aren’t ready for humans
Why you shouldn’t freak out about one rubella case at the Detroit auto show
Why measles is back, in five charts
How autism myths came to fuel anti-vaccination movements
Washington hopes locking unvaccinated kids out of school will prevent its next measles outbreak
One way to fight off bird flu: extra-CRISPRed chicken
The anti-vax movement is among this year’s top 10 global health threats
How 3D technology is revolutionizing face transplants
Last flu season was historically bad. Here’s how this year’s is shaping up.
The medical community is finally realizing the uterus is more than a ‘baby house’
The gene-edited Chinese twins represent a multi-generational ethical quandary
CRISPR has many promising applications—but the gene-edited twins represent something more troubling
MEGAPIXELS: Doctors can now see everything inside you at once
Scientists ‘went rogue’ and genetically engineered two human babies—or at least claimed to
Scientists can now swap out bad spinal discs with lab-grown alternatives—at least in goats
This vaccine could help people with celiac eat gluten again, but it’s not for everyone
Llamas could save us all from the flu
The weirdest things we learned this week: glowing Civil War soldiers and historic font battles
The smaller the city, the bigger the flu epidemic
Now’s the time to get your kids the flu vaccine
Scientists just created healthy mice with same-sex parents
Gene editing can’t help human fetuses yet, but it just made a big leap in mice
A century ago the Spanish flu killed 50 million—and then we forgot about it
Gene editing could turn this wild orphan fruit into your new favorite berry