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Employees say Neuralink’s ‘hack job’ testing has killed roughly 1,500 animals since 2018

Employees say Neuralink’s ‘hack job’ testing has killed roughly 1,500 animals since 2018

Long COVID and its mental health effects represented in pop art

What patients find at long COVID clinics: rejection, outdated therapies, and unanswered questions

By Miles W. Griffis

EVO ICL lens implanted in the diagram of an eye with yellow, pink, and blue Best of What's New 2022 Health design on right

The most powerful health innovations of 2022

By Kate Baggaley, Purbita Saha

HIV/AIDS activists in India holding up "no discrimination" signs and red AIDS ribbons

Dr. Fauci on fighting stigmas on infectious diseases, from AIDS to COVID

By Laura Baisas

Woman wearing face mask while looking at phone while standing in subway car

Twitter quietly removed its ban on COVID-19 misinformation last week

A micro-thin smart bandage can quickly heal and monitor wounds

A micro-thin smart bandage can quickly heal and monitor wounds

Are at-home STD tests reliable?

Are at-home STD tests reliable?

By Liz Szabo / KHN

Baby with RSV in hospital ventilator. Nurse with blue glove is holding their foot.

Fighting RSV in babies starts with a mother’s antibodies

FDA approves first drug that can delay onset of Type 1 diabetes

FDA approves first drug that can delay onset of Type 1 diabetes

By Laura Baisas, Sara Kiley Watson

FDA makes moves to expand life-saving Naloxone access

By Laura Baisas

Doctor sitting in chair and waving at laptop camera for telehealth session

Amazon telehealth service goes live in 32 US states

Nine patients with paralysis walking again with aides in various environments after electrode therapy. Black and white.

The slow, but promising progress of electrode therapy for paralysis

In a post-Roe world, contraception failure is riskier than ever

In a post-Roe world, contraception failure is riskier than ever

By Sarah Varney / KHN

Pregnant woman with brown hair in a pink hospital gown about to give birth in a bed

We don’t really know how many pregnant people are dying in the US

By Maria Parazo Rose

Why disabled patients struggle to find doctors

Why disabled patients struggle to find doctors

By Emma Yasinski / Undark

Blood donor's arm with donation in progress

Scientists safely injected two patients with lab-grown blood

Northrop Grumman NASA Anatares rocket launch at night

The ISS’s latest arrivals: a 3D printer, seeds, and ovarian cow cells

Over-the-counter birth control pills could change reproductive care in the US

Over-the-counter birth control pills could change reproductive care in the US

By Lucas Berenbrok and Marian Jarlenski / The Conversation

Pills on a table.

Walgreens’ and CVS’ roles in the opioid crisis may cost them billions

By Laura Baisas

A potential vaccine for pregnant mothers could quell the surge of serious RSV cases

A potential vaccine for pregnant mothers could quell the surge of serious RSV cases

By Laura Baisas

a black and white picture cut out of two men in lab coats looking at vials on a lab bench that has a microscope. in purple behind them is text of an old news article, with the headline "science closes in on the common cold"

Why we still don’t have a vaccine for the common cold

By Bill Gourgey

A popular medical software is failing veterans with visual impairments

A popular medical software is failing veterans with visual impairments

By Darius Tahir / KFF Health News

Scientist's gloved hands using syringe to fill vaccine shot

AI moderators can’t keep up with vaccine disinformation’s newest language: emojis

Over-the-counter hearing aids shouldn’t replace your ear doctor

Over-the-counter hearing aids shouldn’t replace your ear doctor

By Bradley Kesser / The Conversation

a closeup of honeybees on honeycomb

The first honeybee vaccine could protect the entire hive, starting with the queen

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

brilliant-10-2022

The Brilliant 10: The top up-and-coming minds in science

By Mara Grunbaum, Yasmin Tayag

There’s still a lot we don’t know about the new generation of weight loss pills

There’s still a lot we don’t know about the new generation of weight loss pills

By Julie Appleby / KHN

Sepsis sneaks up on thousands Americans every year. AI may spot it sooner.

Sepsis sneaks up on thousands Americans every year. AI may spot it sooner.

By Simar Bajaj / Undark

Nutritious food

Meals catering to different health needs could help save lives—and billions of dollars

By Laura Baisas

The risk of heart inflammation is higher for COVID infections than the vaccine

The risk of heart inflammation is higher for COVID infections than the vaccine

By Laura Baisas

Oxford/AstraZeneca nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine fails first trial

Oxford/AstraZeneca nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine fails first trial

By Laura Baisas

One secret to excellent memory in old age? Giant neurons.

One secret to excellent memory in old age? Giant neurons.

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to scientist who sequenced Neanderthal genome

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to scientist who sequenced Neanderthal genome

By Laura Baisas

A diabetes management kit.

Why we should be looking out for diabetes in young people with COVID

By Laura Baisas

a person with diabetes uses a lancet to poke their finger to check blood sugar levels

Here’s one reason why people with diabetes get lots of UTIs

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

More Americans are surviving cancer now than ever

More Americans are surviving cancer now than ever

By Laura Baisas

An illustration of a person walking across a room, with radar bouncing off of them as a series of waves coming from a box.

This at-home radio sensor could help monitor symptoms of patients with Parkinson’s

By Philip Kiefer

a pile of small circulate button batteries

More babies are swallowing button batteries—and it can be deadly

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A tourniquet, saw, three knives, and several other small metal instruments laid on a white background.

We’re surprisingly good at surviving amputations

By Philip Kiefer

Vile of ketamine in doctor's hands.

New study highlights ketamine’s promise for treatment-resistant depression

By Laura Baisas

First study of cancer-detecting blood test shows hopeful results

First study of cancer-detecting blood test shows hopeful results

By Laura Baisas

a person with a colorful tattoo arm receives a vaccine and bandaid from a health care professional

What you need to know about getting the new COVID-19 booster

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Up close image of mosquito.

New four-dose malaria vaccine is up to 80 percent effective

By Laura Baisas

The leg and hip bones of an ancient skeleton, with the left foot missing halfway down the calf.

A 31,000-year-old grave in Indonesia holds the earliest known amputation patient

By Philip Kiefer

China approves world’s first nasal COVID-19 vaccine booster

China approves world’s first nasal COVID-19 vaccine booster

By Laura Baisas

Close-up at the syringe, vial and hands of a woman preparing the Moderna COVID booster shot

Omicron boosters are the future of COVID vaccines in the US

By Philip Kiefer

Common asthma medications may change brain matter, but don’t panic

Common asthma medications may change brain matter, but don’t panic

By Laura Baisas

A gloved hand drawing a vaccine.

FDA green lights Omicron-targeting mRNA vaccine boosters

By Laura Baisas

Long COVID could be keeping as many as 4 million Americans out of work

Long COVID could be keeping as many as 4 million Americans out of work

By Laura Baisas

What to know about polio boosters, oral vaccines, and your medical history records

What to know about polio boosters, oral vaccines, and your medical history records

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A genetics startup wants to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction

A genetics startup wants to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction

By Laura Baisas

Mother in yellow shirt and blue head wrap with child strapped to back at a COVID vaccine clinic in South Africa

As COVID vaccines reach kids worldwide, a gap in Africa leaves everyone exposed

By Abdullahi Tsanni

Close-up Of Woman Wearing Hearing Aid In Ear

Many hearing aids will now be easier (and cheaper) to buy in the US

By Laura Baisas

Doctor drawing up Covid-19 vaccine from glass phial bottle and filling syringe injection for vaccination.

Omicron-specific COVID vaccine approved in the UK

By Laura Baisas

a white lab rat held in a gloved hand

These sterile mice have been modified to make rat sperm

Pharmacist in white jacket with brown beard and thick glasses denying a prescription for contraceptives after abortion ban

Abortion bans are impeding access to ulcer, arthritis, and cancer medications

By Kate Baggaley

Hands holding a box of pills, pills in the foreground and the background is out of focus.

Combining certain opioids and commonly prescribed antidepressants may increase the risk of overdose

By Ismaeel Yunusa / The Conversation

A 66-year-old patient is likely the fifth person virtually cured of HIV.

Rare transplant cells have cured another HIV patient

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A child wearing a mask receives a squirt of a nasal vaccine.

The White House (sort of) has a plan to create more resilient COVID vaccines

By Philip Kiefer

human oocytes seen under a microscope. on the left is a normal image, and on the right is the cell dyed and fluorescing to show the amount of reactive oxygen species

Human eggs have a ‘standby battery mode’ that allows them to last decades

By Lauren J. Young

Pad with red sequins next to two tampons, yellow hormone pills, and an alarm clock to represent irregular periods

How do vaccines affect periods? A big COVID survey lays out some clues.

By Kate Baggaley

Person with long brown hair sleeping on gray pillows after taking a melatonin supplement

Yes, you can overdose on melatonin. Here’s how to use the sleep supplements safely.

By Kate Baggaley

Emergency contraceptives prevent pregnancy.

What’s the difference between morning-after pills and abortion medications?

By Kate Baggaley

a close up of a face mite poking out of a skin pore

The mites that breed on our faces are getting clingier by the day

By Lauren J. Young