Health

New AI technique identifies dead cells under the microscope 100 times faster than people can – potentially accelerating research on neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s Jeremy Linsley,...

How safe is your baby food? Company reports show arsenic, lead and other heavy metals – here's what you need to know C. Michael White,...

Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Vanderbilt University Here’s something new to consider being thankful for at the dinner table: the long evolutionary journey that gave you your big...

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced first-year funding awards of $215 million in a...

5 ways nutrition could help your immune system fight off the coronavirus Clare Collins, University of Newcastle The coronavirus presents many uncertainties, and none of us...

Do I need a booster shot if I got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine? A virologist answers 5 questions Maureen Ferran, Rochester Institute of Technology For people...

How do you make a universal flu vaccine? A microbiologist explains the challenges, and how mRNA could offer a promising solution Deborah Fuller, University of Washington To...

50 years ago, the first CT scan let doctors see inside a living skull – thanks to an eccentric engineer at the Beatles’ record company Edmund...

– government support for academia and Big Pharma to find new drugs could help defeat superbugs Andre Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology Antibiotic resistance poses one of...

Nancy Kressin, Boston University; Christine M. Gunn, Dartmouth College; Priscilla J. Slanetz, Boston University, and Tracy A. Battaglia, Yale University The Food and Drug Administration...