Search for a COVID-19 vaccine heats up in China, US
The first person to receive that experimental vaccine last month returned to a Seattle clinic Tuesday for a second dose.
Should you wear mask in public if not sick with coronavirus?
There is no specific evidence to suggest that the wearing of masks by the mass population has any particular benefit, according to the World Health Organization.
FDA approves first treatment for kids with peanut allergy
The first treatment for peanut allergies is about to hit the market, a big step toward better care for all kinds of food allergies — but still a long way from a cure.
Paralyzed people are beginning to walk with a new kind of therapy
Three people whose legs were paralyzed for years can stand and take steps again thanks to an electrical implant that zaps the injured spinal cord — along with months of intense rehab, researchers reported.
Mammograms an option at 40, do more good at 50
Mammograms do the most good later in life, a government task force declared Monday in recommending that women get one every other year starting at age 50. It said 40-somethings should make their own choice after weighing the pros and cons.
Mammograms an option at 40, do more good at 50
Mammograms do the most good later in life, a government task force declared Monday in recommending that women get one every other year starting at age 50. It said 40-somethings should make their own choice after weighing the pros and cons.
NIH to retire the last of government-owned research chimps
The government already had declared that the use of humans' closest relative as a test subject was coming to an end. But it set aside 50 animals to be on standby just in case they still were needed for a public-health emergency or some other extreme situation.
NIH to retire the last of government-owned research chimps
The government already had declared that the use of humans' closest relative as a test subject was coming to an end. But it set aside 50 animals to be on standby just in case they still were needed for a public-health emergency or some other extreme situation.
Lab-grown vocal cords offer hope of treating voice disorders
Researchers have grown human vocal cords in the laboratory that appear capable of producing sound in hopes of one day helping people with voice-robbing diseases or injuries.
Lab-grown vocal cords offer hope of treating voice disorders
Researchers have grown human vocal cords in the laboratory that appear capable of producing sound in hopes of one day helping people with voice-robbing diseases or injuries.
Government gene sleuths learn from superbug that killed six
Over six frightening months last year, a deadly germ untreatable by most antibiotics spread in the nation's leading research hospital. Wednesday, government researchers posted an unusually candid account of the outbreak that infected 18 and killed six before it could be contained.
Government gene sleuths learn from superbug that killed six
Over six frightening months last year, a deadly germ untreatable by most antibiotics spread in the nation's leading research hospital. Wednesday, government researchers posted an unusually candid account of the outbreak that infected 18 and killed six before it could be contained.