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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.
Yes, you can overdose on melatonin. Here’s how to use the sleep supplements safely.
What’s the difference between morning-after pills and abortion medications?
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?
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Children 5 to 11 can now get COVID boosters
At US hospitals, a drug mix-up is just a few keystrokes away
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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
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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
This cone snail’s deadly venom could hold the key to better pain meds
Moderna’s latest COVID vaccine trial for kids offers ‘really good news’
mRNA COVID vaccines pose no serious risks for immunocompromised people
Why doctors still don’t understand the side effects of hormonal birth control
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Why this French hospital serves dying patients wine and caviar
A new kind of COVID vaccine could soon be available internationally
Will the world run out of COVID vaccines?
A ‘living’ cancer drug helped two patients stay disease-free for a decade
The first woman has been cured of HIV using donor stem cells
Biologists successfully hatched gene-edited ticks for the first time
Research on aphrodisiacs is kind of unsatisfying
Just had COVID? Here’s when you should get a booster.
Why young orphans were once used as human refrigerators
Who gets an organ transplant? Waitlist rules are complicated.
The first people have received an experimental mRNA HIV vaccine
A COVID vaccine for young US children may be closer than ever
COVID antiviral pills work against Omicron—when people can get them
Why the FDA paused monoclonal antibody treatments
Can cannabis protect people from COVID? Buzzy studies can’t say.
These doctors are fighting to make the kidney-donor system less racist
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What the Supreme Court’s decision on vaccine mandates means for Americans
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Debbie Kaminer / The Conversation
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The first successful pig heart transplant into a human was a century in the making
Hearing people talk about ‘flurona?’ Here’s the deal.
The FDA just announced new booster guidelines for kids ages 12 to 15
Here’s more evidence that vaccines help against Omicron
Is it ok to eat GMO foods? Scientists say ‘yes.’
Our favorite science long reads of 2021
New study finds booster protection against Omicron drops at 10 weeks
It’s too early to dismiss Omicron as a mild COVID variant
Why the CDC now recommends mRNA COVID vaccines over J&J’s
The CDC is urging pregnant people to get COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s how we know it’s safe.
This new COVID vaccine uses plants as factories for viral proteins
Researchers are racing to figure out if Omicron can beat our vaccines
These urologists are setting the record straight about penises and COVID
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Hallie Lieberman
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New information may explain why the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine caused blood clots
You can get a COVID booster shot. Here’s what else you need to know.
Which COVID-19 booster should I get?
You might not be ‘fully vaccinated’ soon
When to get your kids vaccinated in time for the holidays
How to talk with your kids about the COVID vaccine
Some people have a gene that could make COVID far more deadly