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Indigenous languages hold the keys to medicinal forest libraries

Indigenous languages hold the keys to medicinal forest libraries

By Virginia Gewin

an enema kit with a bellows

The weirdest things we learned this week: smoke enemas, sneaky sound design, and stranded lighthouses

By Rachel Feltman

DEKA arm, a prosthetic limb designed by the inventor of the segway

Segway Inventor’s Advanced Prosthetic Arm Will Go On Sale This Year

By Ryan F. Mandelbaum

An Artist Is Growing A Skeleton Human Hand In A Lab

An Artist Is Growing A Skeleton Human Hand In A Lab

By Meaghan Lee Callaghan

medical staff wearing scrubs in an OR

Inside the controversial new surgery to transplant human wombs

Four Keys to Containment

Instant Expert: the Return of Swine Flu

By Melinda Wenner Moyer

A doctor puts a bandage on a woman's arm.

Why Belgium is limiting the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine to adults over 40

Learning From the Dead

By Melinda Dodd

A visual detection test.

Green algae genes helped a blind man see for the first time in 40 years

A senior gets a shot.

A new Pfizer trial combines a COVID booster and pneumonia vaccine for seniors

yankee stadium before coronavirus hit

What the Yankees COVID outbreak means for the rest of us

By Neel Dhanesha

3d printed heart

How 3-D Printing Body Parts Will Revolutionize Medicine

By Steven Leckart

There are more immunocompromised Americans than we think, and that’s a problem with COVID-19 vaccines

There are more immunocompromised Americans than we think, and that’s a problem with COVID-19 vaccines

By Ellie Shechet

covid-19 vaccine production facility

Experts says blood clots from AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine are rare enough to justify its use

By Philip Kiefer

mother masked holding her baby

How should parents with unvaccinated kids handle the CDC’s new mask guidelines?

By Marion Renault

test tubes in a tray

The US will send 20 million COVID-19 vaccines to countries in need

Football Helmets

New Football Helmet Could Save the Sport

Black students in masks and track suits at desks

Your questions about kids and COVID-19 vaccines, answered

By Debbie-Ann Shirley/The Conversation

Fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks—but there’s a catch

Fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks—but there’s a catch

By Claire Maldarelli, Emily Cerf

a woman holds a magnifying glass up to her body

There’s a secret room in the basement of the female body

By Popular Science Team

The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may account for 19 percent of US COVID-19 cases in August

By Claire Maldarelli

The US joined the push to waive COVID-19 vaccine patents. Will it actually help?

The US joined the push to waive COVID-19 vaccine patents. Will it actually help?

By Marion Renault

middle schoolers

Kids age 12 to 15 can now get vaccinated in the US

The flu disappeared this year. What will happen next winter?

The flu disappeared this year. What will happen next winter?

By Sara Chodosh

A person wearing a mask rides a scooter

The WHO approved China’s easy-storage Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine

Pfizer and Moderna are studying their COVID vaccines in kids as young as 6 months

Pfizer and Moderna are studying their COVID vaccines in kids as young as 6 months

Which allergy medication works the best? It’s complicated.

Which allergy medication works the best? It’s complicated.

By Sara Chodosh

friends-eating-outdoors-without-masks

If you’re fully vaccinated, you (mostly) don’t need to wear a mask outdoors

By Sara Chodosh

couple walks along boardwalk

The CDC is set to update its outdoor mask guidance

person getting a covid-19 vaccine

The CDC recommends that the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine resume

By Claire Maldarelli

A closeup of a mosquito

Scientists have created the most effective malaria vaccine of all time

young person gets vaccine

Regular childhood vaccinations dipped during COVID, opening a door for measles outbreaks

By Philip Kiefer

person getting a vaccine

Everyone over 16 can now get the COVID vaccine. How do we make sure they get it?

Rapid COVID-19 test results strip

Should vaccinated people still get COVID tests?

By Tyler Santora

A hand caryrying a phone with the Empire Pass vaccine app on it

Here’s how New York’s ‘vaccine passport’ app works.

Woman wearing a mask in a park

UK doctors will re-expose COVID-19 survivors to study how long immunity lasts

a woman holding flowers and wearing a gas mask

It’s time you really understood what allergies mean

By Eleanor Cummins

person getting a covid vaccine

The pause on Johnson & Johnson’s COVID vaccine doesn’t mean it’s not safe

people wearing masks walking down a street

Most states will open vaccinations to all adults by mid-April

Person in white jacket wearing a red HIV/AIDS ribbon.

An HIV vaccine could arrive sooner than we thought—using Moderna’s mRNA tech

Two adults and a child walk wearing masks.

The majority of US COVID-19 cases now trace back to the UK variant

University students walk on campus in masks.

COVID’s fourth wave is on the way—and younger people could be most at risk

Traveler sits on suitcase in airport.

Fully vaccinated people can safely travel, the CDC says

A phone with the New York COVID vaccine site on it

How to protect your privacy while signing up for a COVID-19 vaccine online

Vaccine vials in a lab

What went wrong with AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine data?

Older man wearing a medical mask

Is it okay to mix and match COVID-19 vaccines? We’ll know soon enough.

Young person receiving vaccine from healthcare worker while wearing a mask.

COVID-19 vaccines are working in the real world

By Sara Chodosh

These states are on the cusp of another COVID-19 surge

By Erin Fennessy

What if you could design the perfect child?

By Rachel Feltman

After millennia of allergy treatments, here’s what actually works

After millennia of allergy treatments, here’s what actually works

By Kara Wada/The Conversation

The Alarming Battle Over Who Gets To Study Zika

Scientists Can Now Revive The Wooly Mammoth

Scientists Can Now Revive The Wooly Mammoth

By Beth Shapiro

covid-19 vaccine

Native American communities take the lead on vaccinations after facing staggering rates of COVID-19

newborn baby with its parent

We now know babies can be born with COVID-19 antibodies

Vaccine shot vials on pink background.

Vaccines may help alleviate symptoms for people with long-COVID

By Sara Kiley Watson

doctor putting bandaid on arm after person gets a vaccine

COVID vaccine hesitancy is showing up in unexpected places

By Philip Kiefer

Tourist in surgical mask in front of the Eiffel Tower

COVID-19 ‘vaccine passports’ could set a troubling precedent

By Yara M. Asi/The Conversation

a person wearing a mask

Long-term COVID-19 symptoms are even more common than we thought

By Sara Kiley Watson

a person getting the COVID vaccine

You’re vaccinated. Now what?

COVID-19 vaccines

Returning to normal life is going to be a slow and steady process

Labradoodle dog looking at a person in a blue shirt with a yellow "don't tread on me" flag

Can you ‘deprogram’ people who join cults?

By Michael Schulson/Undark

someone getting a covid-19 vaccine ready

What you can and can’t do after getting a COVID-19 vaccine

By Claire Maldarelli

a person getting the COVID-19 vaccine

The FDA just authorized Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine

By Claire Maldarelli

Person in an orange shift holding a white probiotic pull next to a brown vitamin bottle

The future of probiotics and gut microbiomes is bright