Medicine (Page 12)

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The UK just lost its measles elimination status. We could be next.

The UK just lost its measles elimination status. We could be next.

By Rachel Feltman

This newly discovered leech lurked in plain sight for decades

This newly discovered leech lurked in plain sight for decades

By Marion Renault

Ebola hasn’t been cured yet, but two experimental drugs are showing significant progress

Ebola hasn’t been cured yet, but two experimental drugs are showing significant progress

By Nicole Wetsman

Doctors altered a person’s genes with CRISPR for the first time in the U.S. Here’s what could be next.

By Donavyn Coffey

The weirdest things we learned this week: Victorian sex drugs and deadly milk injections

The weirdest things we learned this week: Victorian sex drugs and deadly milk injections

By Popular Science Team

Gene editing could help eliminate HIV

Gene editing could help eliminate HIV

By Nicole Wetsman

How a Victorian heart medicine became a gay sex drug

How a Victorian heart medicine became a gay sex drug

By Alex Schwartz

An e-cigarette shattered a teen’s jaw—here’s how they can turn explosive

An e-cigarette shattered a teen’s jaw—here’s how they can turn explosive

By Donavyn Coffey

countries that think vaccines are effective

The places in the world that still appreciate vaccines

By Sara Chodosh

The gene mutation that protects against HIV could also shorten lives

Anti-vaxxers are only part of the measles problem

Anti-vaxxers are only part of the measles problem

By Sara Chodosh

Schools have more unvaccinated kids than they realize

Schools have more unvaccinated kids than they realize

By Sara Chodosh

We’re finally studying how to combat the anti-vax movement, but the methods may surprise you

We’re finally studying how to combat the anti-vax movement, but the methods may surprise you

By Sara Chodosh

measles cases may 14 2019

We’re barreling toward a 25-year measles record

By Sara Chodosh

Antibiotics save lives—but misusing them could lead to millions of deaths

Antibiotics save lives—but misusing them could lead to millions of deaths

By Alex Schwartz

Measles is an early warning sign for outbreaks of more serious diseases

Measles is an early warning sign for outbreaks of more serious diseases

By Sara Chodosh

Doctors can ignore your DNR order if you’re pregnant

Doctors can ignore your DNR order if you’re pregnant

By Nicole Wetsman

CRISPR is now being used on humans in the U.S.

CRISPR is now being used on humans in the U.S.

After millennia of allergy treatments, here’s what actually works

After millennia of allergy treatments, here’s what actually works

By Kara Wada/The Conversation

Emergency rooms push Medicaid patients out more often than privately-insured people

Emergency rooms push Medicaid patients out more often than privately-insured people

By Nicole Wetsman

Why public health officials have only ever eradicated one disease

Why public health officials have only ever eradicated one disease

By Nicole Wetsman

a white rat in front of beakers in a blue lab

Gene-edited animals could help humanity, but they’re in ‘regulatory limbo’

a poodle running through a field with a silly haircut

The weirdest things we learned this week: 40,000 vanishing pigeons and the science of poodle haircuts

By Rachel Feltman

Rabid animals don’t always foam at the mouth—here’s what to look out for instead

Rabid animals don’t always foam at the mouth—here’s what to look out for instead

By Claire Maldarelli

Rusty nail tetanus infection misinformation vaccines

Everything you thought you knew about tetanus is wrong

By Eleanor Cummins

HIV remission blood test

The treatment that cured two H.I.V. cases won’t work for most patients

By Nicole Wetsman

Vaccines don’t cause autism, another massive study confirms

By Sara Chodosh

measles vaccine

Some vaccinated adults may not be protected against measles

By Sara Chodosh

We need to police gene editing. The World Health Organization agrees.

We need to police gene editing. The World Health Organization agrees.

measles prevention poster complications

What Washington can learn from past measles outbreaks

By Kaitlin Sullivan

Engineering HIV-resistant babies may have accidentally changed their brains

By Claire Maldarelli

Supplements make false claims to prey on people with Alzheimer’s—but the FDA is cracking down

Supplements make false claims to prey on people with Alzheimer’s—but the FDA is cracking down

By Nicole Wetsman

vaccination immunization typhoid

The MMR vaccine covers mumps and rubella, too. Are outbreaks of these next?

By Sara Chodosh

X-rays could provide crucial clues in identifying domestic violence

X-rays could provide crucial clues in identifying domestic violence

By Nicole Wetsman

a woman wrangling a cow

The weirdest things we learned this week: deadly molasses and the best way to battle cattle

By Rachel Feltman

baby with measles

1 in 4 kindergartners aren’t fully vaccinated in county with measles outbreak

By Sara Chodosh

Most health ‘cures’ you hear about in the news aren’t ready for humans

Most health ‘cures’ you hear about in the news aren’t ready for humans

By Kaitlin Sullivan

Why you shouldn’t freak out about one rubella case at the Detroit auto show

By Sara Chodosh

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Why measles is back, in five charts

By Sara Chodosh

Child getting vaccinated

How autism myths came to fuel anti-vaccination movements

By Eleanor Cummins

Washington hopes locking unvaccinated kids out of school will prevent its next measles outbreak

Washington hopes locking unvaccinated kids out of school will prevent its next measles outbreak

By Nicole Wetsman

a close up of a pile of crispy fried chicken wings

One way to fight off bird flu: extra-CRISPRed chicken

baby getting vaccinated

The anti-vax movement is among this year’s top 10 global health threats

By Sara Chodosh

How 3D technology is revolutionizing face transplants

How 3D technology is revolutionizing face transplants

By Jillian Mock

cold sneeze tissue

Last flu season was historically bad. Here’s how this year’s is shaping up.

By Sara Chodosh

Drawing of female reproductive system, including uterus, vagina, fallopian tubes and ovaries.

The medical community is finally realizing the uterus is more than a ‘baby house’

By Jillian Mock

baby feet under blanket

The gene-edited Chinese twins represent a multi-generational ethical quandary

scissors cutting ribbon

CRISPR has many promising applications—but the gene-edited twins represent something more troubling

Scientists ‘went rogue’ and genetically engineered two human babies—or at least claimed to

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

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

This vaccine could help people with celiac eat gluten again, but it’s not for everyone

By Sara Chodosh

Llamas could save us all from the flu

Llamas could save us all from the flu

By Sara Chodosh

a tiny house wrapped in bubble wrap

The weirdest things we learned this week: glowing Civil War soldiers and historic font battles

By Eleanor Cummins

The smaller the city, the bigger the flu epidemic

The smaller the city, the bigger the flu epidemic

By Jillian Mock

Now’s the time to get your kids the flu vaccine

Now’s the time to get your kids the flu vaccine

By Sara Chodosh

Adult mouse with two mothers

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

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

A century ago the Spanish flu killed 50 million—and then we forgot about it

By Eleanor Cummins

Gene editing could turn this wild orphan fruit into your new favorite berry

Gene editing could turn this wild orphan fruit into your new favorite berry

By Neel V. Patel

Many folks with appendicitis could skip surgery

Many folks with appendicitis could skip surgery

By Neel V. Patel

How studying chicken butts cracked the inner workings of our immune system

How studying chicken butts cracked the inner workings of our immune system

By Charlie Wood

Sweltering heat is exactly the right weather to get your flu shot

Sweltering heat is exactly the right weather to get your flu shot

By Sara Chodosh

AI could make MRI scans as much as 10 times faster

AI could make MRI scans as much as 10 times faster

Measles cases aren’t spiking, despite talk of an outbreak

Measles cases aren’t spiking, despite talk of an outbreak

By Sara Chodosh