medicine
A recent clinical trial in Brazil highlights the dangers of two potential COVID-19 treatments: chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine.
New research suggests anti-vaxxers overestimate all problems associated with mortality.
Researchers argue that most coronavirus infections around the world go undetected.
Chemical engineers have developed a way to protect transplanted drug-producing cells from immune system rejection.
Research supports wearing surgical face masks to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
What symptoms to watch for, how to get tested, what to do if you’re sick, and when to go to the doctor.
Facing a shortage of medical resources, doctors in the U.S. may have to make difficult moral decisions over how to allocate care.
Researchers figure out the infectious periods of coronavirus on cardboard, metal and plastic.
A new drug derived from scorpion venom reversed developmental damage in mice exposed to alcohol during pregnancy.
Can a real pandemic (such as COVID-19) turn into mass hysteria?
Novel food processing tech promises to lower sodium content without reducing flavor intensity.
The National Institutes of Health hopes synthetic biology can engineer vaccines that outperform nature.
Hospitals are running out of critical face masks as civilians are panic-buying medical supplies en masse amidst the coronavirus global pandemic.
Can the American government stop coronavirus spread? Its past actions speak volumes.
These are the top advances in technology that will impact the world in the coming decade.
Vaccines have done their job so well that anti-vax parents have forgotten the horror of contagious disease.
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There are many different ways of helping people in extreme poverty. Philosopher Peter Singer explains how you can do it.
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A deep-learning model identifies a powerful new drug that can kill some antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Budget cuts to pandemic preparedness put us all at risk.
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The CDC estimates that more than 210,000 people in the U.S. have been hospitalized by the flu this season.
A new study finds it may take decades or even a whole lifetime to appear.
A new study reminds us that physical and emotional pain are not far apart.
Numerous drugs designed to treat diabetes, arthritis, and other conditions may actually have secret anti-cancer properties as well.
Today, a quickly emerging set of technologies known as bioprinting is poised to push the boundaries further.
Georgia State University researchers have created a novel nanoparticle vaccine.
Is feeling wretched actually helpful?
A 2020 space mission wants to use zero gravity to disable some of the hardest cancers to fight.
Long-lasting capsule can remain in the stomach and release contraceptive drugs over several weeks.
Superpowerful lasers for next-generation technologies are closer to existence.