Latest Medicine Stories
DARPA wants to modernize how first responders do triage during disasters
mRNA vaccine innovators win the Nobel Prize in medicine
Afraid of needles? Check out this octopus-inspired drug patch.
Neuralink’s human trials volunteers ‘should have serious concerns,’ say medical experts
Spider silk stronger than Kevlar spun by an unlikely source
Neuralink is searching for its first human test subjects
What makes a fever an infection-busting superpower
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Edmund K. LeGrand and Joe Alcock/The Conversation
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Do I need a COVID booster? And all of your other questions answered.
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Arthur Allen/KFF Health News
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Turmeric may help stomach aches, study shows
This organ-failure detector is thinner than a human hair
How to avoid getting COVID again
Should doctors and nurses discuss the dangers of heat?
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Martha Bebinger/KFF Health News
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This drug-delivery soft robot may help solve medical implants’ scar tissue problem
AI may influence whether you can get pain medication
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Andy Miller and Sam Whitehead/KFF Health News
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Allergy drops could be an at-home alternative to shots
Extreme heat could be a threat to contraception
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Shefali Luthra/The 19th
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Why medical engineers tattooed a single cell with gold
FDA approves first postpartum depression pill
RSV antibody shot will be available for babies in the US this fall
Glowing dye lets us peek inside growing bones and teeth
First-of-its-kind AI brain implant surgery helped a man regain feeling in his hand
Henrietta Lacks’ stolen cells changed medicine—and her family is finally getting compensated
Why studying horses could help humans stay healthy, too
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Jane Manfredi/The Conversation
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New weight loss drugs are confusing, expensive, and inaccessible to some older patients
5 space robots that could heal human bodies—or even grow new ones
Flying with human organs for transplant is tricky—a new law could help
No guts left behind: Iceland’s quest to repurpose fish waste
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Lela Nargi/Hakai Magazine
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FDA approves long-acting medication to protect babies from RSV
FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill in the US
This magnetic robot could worm its way into human blood vessels
Alzheimer’s-slowing drug Leqembi gains full FDA approval
Facebook could be tracking your online Plan B or HIV test purchases
Rural patients could suffer if the DEA restricts telehealth prescribing
These organisms have a natural gene-editing system that could be more useful than CRISPR
This pangolin-inspired robot can curl up into a healing ball
Scores of critical lab tests fall into a regulatory void. The FDA is trying to close it.
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Anna Clark/ProPublica
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Men lose Y chromosomes with age, and it might increase their risk of bladder cancer
Families flee states amid restrictions on gender-affirming health care
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Bram Sable-Smith, Daniel Chang, Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez and Sandy West/KFF Health News
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New medical policy finally address the limitations and flaws of BMI
Primary care doctors are fed up and burnt out
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Lauren Sausser/KFF Health News
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Why scientists have a hard time getting money to study the root causes of outbreaks
This bee’s tiny backpack could one day monitor human hearts
Meningitis shot that fights 5 different strains shows promise in latest trial
Here’s what really happens when you pull a muscle
Doctors recorded brainwaves to finally ‘see’ their patients’ chronic pain
A once-forgotten antibiotic could be a new weapon against drug-resistant infections
AI isn’t ready to act as a doctors’ assistant
Your guide to COVID testing for the unforeseeable future
This soft robotic skull implant could change epilepsy treatment
What is a pangenome? Scientists just released their first draft.
FDA approves first RSV vaccine for adults after 60 years in the making
That time the CDC got people hyped for a zombie apocalypse
A tiny patch can take images of muscles and cells underneath your skin
Scientists have developed a new way to fight a nearly untreatable brain cancer
How to understand your prescription’s fine print
Banning the abortion pill would harm veterans, cancer patients, and many others
A cutting-edge appetite stimulator was inspired by the thorny devil lizard
Do children really need root canals?
FDA approves first fecal transplant pill
That melatonin gummy might be stronger than you need
6 Ozempic facts that make sense of social media hype
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Harini Bhat
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New therapies offer hope for patients with rare genetic conditions
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Elie Dolgin/Knowable Magazine
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5 skin cancer-care tools you should look out for
New Zealand’s wild pigs could be a source of much-needed donor organs
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Bill Morris/Undark
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