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Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to scientist who sequenced Neanderthal genome
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China approves world’s first nasal COVID-19 vaccine booster
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As COVID vaccines reach kids worldwide, a gap in Africa leaves everyone exposed
Many hearing aids will now be easier (and cheaper) to buy in the US
Omicron-specific COVID vaccine approved in the UK
These sterile mice have been modified to make rat sperm
Abortion bans are impeding access to ulcer, arthritis, and cancer medications
Combining certain opioids and commonly prescribed antidepressants may increase the risk of overdose
Rare transplant cells have cured another HIV patient
The White House (sort of) has a plan to create more resilient COVID vaccines
Human eggs have a ‘standby battery mode’ that allows them to last decades
How do vaccines affect periods? A big COVID survey lays out some clues.
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The mites that breed on our faces are getting clingier by the day
Young kids will likely have COVID vaccine access in the next few weeks
Miscarriages could become more dangerous in a post-Roe world
Swiss researchers kept a donor liver healthy for a remarkable 68 hours
Why did it take 35 years to get a malaria vaccine?
Children 5 to 11 can now get COVID boosters
At US hospitals, a drug mix-up is just a few keystrokes away
From the archives: When food allergies were ‘strange pranks’ for scientists to decipher
Researchers just woke up the eyeballs of dead donors and that’s good, actually
From the archives: During a devastating polio epidemic, a vaccine was finally on the horizon
Mail-order abortion medication would increase healthcare access, not risk
What science tells us about abortion bans
The first US trial to release GMO mosquitoes just ended. Here’s how it went.
A single HPV vaccine dose can protect against cervical cancer
The FDA is inching closer to a long-term COVID booster plan
Everything you should know about getting a second COVID booster
Russia is destroying Ukraine’s healthcare system
This birth control pill for men could begin human trials later this year
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Moderna’s latest COVID vaccine trial for kids offers ‘really good news’
mRNA COVID vaccines pose no serious risks for immunocompromised people
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Why this French hospital serves dying patients wine and caviar
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