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Long Live The Mammoth
Researchers Just Found A Huge Underground Helium Pool In Africa
How To Detect Counterfeit Drugs
A Wirelessly Controlled Pharmacy Dispenses Drugs From Within Your Abdomen
New Zika Study Results Could Help Design A Vaccine
Fast Blood Test For Radiation Exposure Could Save Lives
Government Sponsors Quest To Find New Uses For Old Drugs
A Patch That Delivers Vaccines, No Needles Necessary
Japanese Scientist May Have To Grow His Human Organs In American Pigs
Meet The Machine That Could Replace Anesthesiologists
Neural Stem Cells Don’t Need to Be Surgically Implanted: You Can Just Snort Them
Most teens still visit pediatricians—but they deserve doctors trained to treat them
Text Messages from a Microchip on Your Shoulder Remind You to Take Your Pills
For the First Time Ever, an HIV Vaccine Shows Success in Trial
Whatever the latest infectious disease outbreak is, explained. (This time, it’s mumps.)
How Cuba Could Help Prevent Lung Cancer In The U.S.
Retinal Microchip Puts Images Directly Into Brain
The State of the Art of Electronic Noses
Tiny Rocket Could One Day Deliver Meds Or Hunt For Cancer In Your Body
IBM wants to replace antibiotics with these big ol’ synthetic molecules
Woman Drinks Coke Instead Of Water For 16 Years
Self-Regulated Morphine Delivery for Wounded Warfighters
Measles Vaccine Reduces Deaths From Other Diseases
Influenza B is trying to escape our vaccine
Five new science books you should read this month
The End Of Root Canals?
How the COVID-19 pandemic might end
A second COVID-19 vaccine just reported excellent results. What now?
You can get COVID-19 and the flu at the same time
Your skin is crawling with bacteria, and some of them might help fight cancer
Citing Ethical Issues, U.S. Will Not Fund Embryo Editing
Stem-Cell Transplants Erase HIV In Two Men
‘Super Sniffer’ Mice Engineered For Ultra-Powerful Sense of Smell
It might not always take years to develop vaccines
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is now 95 percent effective. Here’s what that actually means.
Vaccine Patches For Measles Could Be Here By 2017
Nobel Prize Awarded for Contributions to the Quest for Immortality
Cocaine Vaccine Nullifies the Effect, Helps Abusers Quit
The US is running out of wasp venom. That’s bad.
Government Drones Will Shoot Vaccinated M&Ms At Prairie Dogs
Thanks, anti-vaxxers: Measles is on the rise in Europe
This year’s flu vaccine is only 36 percent effective—and that’s great news
To Get Rid Of Mitochondrial Diseases, Just Edit Them Out Of DNA
Obesity In The U.S., Visualized
For The First Time, Researchers Edit The Genes Of Human Embryos
Still need a flu shot? Here’s how to find one near you.
Bones Deep
Smart Stitches Send Data As They Heal Wounds
How To Argue With The Anti-Vaccine Crazies: A Guide
Monkey Embryo Mashup Results In First Primate Chimeras
Patch Uses Stem Cells To Plug Holes in The Heart
COVID-19 testing can’t guarantee a safe Thanksgiving. Here’s why.
Attention, Men: HPV Vaccine Effective Against Oral Infections Too
This flu season has killed 53 kids so far. Here’s what worried parents should do.
Polio Vaccinators Face Deadly Risks In Pakistan
Sound Waves Could Help Detect Hard-To-Find Cancer Cells
Should I get a flu shot? Is it too late to get a flu shot?
Wellcome Awards: The Most Stunning Medical Images of 2009
Why AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine is an important addition to the fleet of offerings
What really happened during the ‘Kentucky meat shower’?
How bad this flu season really is—and what you should do about it
Getting Heart Surgery? Wait For The Full Moon
Scientists Find A Precision Clock Logging the Milliseconds Inside Your Brain
Should You Trust Big Pharma With Your DNA?