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ear wax removed with a q-tip. but you shouldn't do this!

4 reasons to put down the cotton swab and love your earwax

By Lauren J. Young

Close up iv tube on hand

What older adults need to ask before surgery

By Judith Graham / KFF Health News

Gloved hand holding iKnife cancer detecting surgical tool

This surgical smart knife can detect endometrial cancer cells in seconds

An orange box of mifepristone (Mifeprex) and a white container of Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion, are seen at the Women's Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.

FDA takes big step to make abortion pills as accessible as other prescription drugs

By Laura Baisas

It’s easier than ever to make DNA from scratch—but what are the risks?

It’s easier than ever to make DNA from scratch—but what are the risks?

By Michael Schulson/Undark

various medications on a small end table in the background there is a child sick on a couch

Why adult cold medicine is not good for children

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Macro photo of a silkworm eating a mulberry leaf

Silkworm-inspired weaving techniques can produce better nanofibers

A sleeping baby with an adult holding a thermometer.

Demand for children’s medications during ‘tripledemic’ forces pharmacies to limit purchases

By Laura Baisas

Certain funguses are deadly for frogs. Could ‘vaccinating’ them help?

Certain funguses are deadly for frogs. Could ‘vaccinating’ them help?

By Andrea Adams / The Conversation

rows of white SIM cards showing their reflective shiny metal surface

Gold from old SIM cards could help make future drugs

Ebola vaccines in African countries successfully produced antibodies in kids and adults

Ebola vaccines in African countries successfully produced antibodies in kids and adults

By Laura Baisas

A syringe and vial of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Bivalent COVID-19 vaccines now available for children under 5 in the US

By Laura Baisas

As old people get sicker, assisted living facilities must adapt

As old people get sicker, assisted living facilities must adapt

By Judith Graham / KFF Health News

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

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

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

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

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

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