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10 common plants that can hurt you
The key to curing the common cold could lurk within our own cells
Most people don’t know the true dangers of HPV
Antibiotics save lives—but misusing them could lead to millions of deaths
Measles is an early warning sign for outbreaks of more serious diseases
Doctors can ignore your DNR order if you’re pregnant
CRISPR is now being used on humans in the U.S.
A new vaccine protects mice from another dangerous coronavirus
After millennia of allergy treatments, here’s what actually works
Megapixels: CRISPR turned these lizards into ghosts
Emergency rooms push Medicaid patients out more often than privately-insured people
It’s not a good idea to just let your kids get chickenpox
Why public health officials have only ever eradicated one disease
Gene-edited animals could help humanity, but they’re in ‘regulatory limbo’
This 17th-century plague diary hits a little too close to home
The weirdest things we learned this week: 40,000 vanishing pigeons and the science of poodle haircuts
Rabid animals don’t always foam at the mouth—here’s what to look out for instead
Everything you thought you knew about tetanus is wrong
Are doctors trying too many experimental COVID-19 treatments?
The treatment that cured two H.I.V. cases won’t work for most patients
Vaccines don’t cause autism, another massive study confirms
Some vaccinated adults may not be protected against measles
PrEP can prevent HIV infection in teens—so why aren’t they using it?
Small doctors’ offices are turning to GoFundMe to survive the pandemic
We need to police gene editing. The World Health Organization agrees.
What Washington can learn from past measles outbreaks
Engineering HIV-resistant babies may have accidentally changed their brains
Flu season’s been pretty quiet this year—here’s why
People who’ve had COVID-19 show promising disease-fighting cells in their blood
Supplements make false claims to prey on people with Alzheimer’s—but the FDA is cracking down
The CDC says you probably won’t get COVID-19 from deliveries or pets
The MMR vaccine covers mumps and rubella, too. Are outbreaks of these next?
X-rays could provide crucial clues in identifying domestic violence
The weirdest things we learned this week: deadly molasses and the best way to battle cattle
Most health ‘cures’ you hear about in the news aren’t ready for humans
Oxford University’s timeline for a COVID-19 vaccine is shorter than previous estimates
Why you shouldn’t freak out about one rubella case at the Detroit auto show
We can soon thank butterfly tongues for better cancer treatments and vaccines
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Why measles is back, in five charts
How autism myths came to fuel anti-vaccination movements
Washington hopes locking unvaccinated kids out of school will prevent its next measles outbreak
1 in 4 kindergartners aren’t fully vaccinated in county with measles outbreak
A study claiming hydroxychloroquine increased risk of death used dubious data
Studies in monkeys show that coronavirus immunity holds up in vaccine treatments
Why only half of Americans say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine
One way to fight off bird flu: extra-CRISPRed chicken
The anti-vax movement is among this year’s top 10 global health threats
How 3D technology is revolutionizing face transplants
Snakebites can be deadly for dogs, but some simple precautions can save them
Traveling midwives fill crucial health care gaps in rural US states
Last flu season was historically bad. Here’s how this year’s is shaping up.
COVID cases in the US might be ten times higher than reported
Ebola hasn’t been cured yet, but two experimental drugs are showing significant progress
The FDA’s gay and bi blood-donor ban isn’t just stigmatizing—it’s also likely outdated
Inside the race to develop a safe COVID-19 vaccine
Ignored by doctors, trans people turn to dangerous underground treatments
The medical community is finally realizing the uterus is more than a ‘baby house’
The gene-edited Chinese twins represent a multi-generational ethical quandary
FDA Approves Gunshot-Staunching XStat Invention For Civilian Use
A Skin Patch Of Ibuprofen Applies Medication Directly To Pain
CRISPR has many promising applications—but the gene-edited twins represent something more troubling
Big Idea: CRISPR Remakes The World
Scientists Support Research On Gene Editing Of Human Embryos
Lab-Grown Retina Cells Repair Monkeys’ Sight
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