Health Care
A Faster Way to Find Good Medical Treatments Is Gaining Ground
A type of clinical trial that tests many therapies at once is being used for COVID and Alzheimer’s
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Health Care
COVID Long Haulers Are Calling Attention to Chronic Illnesses
But society is not prepared for the growing crisis of long COVID
Health Care
The Pandemic Set Off a Boom in Diagnostics
COVID accelerated the development of cutting-edge PCR tests—and made the need for them urgent
Medicine
COVID Smell Loss and Long COVID Linked to Inflammation
Hamsters eating Cocoa Krispies reveal inflammation pathways from the olfactory system to the brain
Inequality
Crowdfunding Isn’t Enough in a Crisis
Despite growing popularity, the fundraising strategy will never be social safety net
Health Care
Agonizing Cough of Croup Rising in Kids with COVID
The Omicron variant appears to be creating more cases in small children
Health Care
When Should You Get a COVID Test?
It depends, but vaccinated people should generally wait five days after exposure before taking an antigen test. Here’s why
Epidemiology
Dangerous Flu Comeback Expected atop COVID This Winter
COVID shutdowns limited the spread of influenza in 2019–2020. Several factors could mean this season will be more severe
Health Care
Billionaires Bankroll Cell Rejuvenation Tech as the Latest Gambit to Slow Aging
Start-ups bet that carefully controlled cell reprogramming may lead to age reversal, but hurdles remain
Health Care
These Are the Latest COVID Treatments
But shortages mean that new antivirals and other drugs may be hard to come by
Natural Disasters
Ash Blanketing Tonga after Volcano Eruption Creates Health Concerns
Short exposure should not be too harmful, but residents should take precautions where they can
Health Care
Pig Kidneys Transplanted to Human in Milestone Experiment
Experts predict that such nonhuman-to-human “xenotransplants” may become a viable option within the next decade
Health Care
Surgeons Transplant Pig’s Heart into Dying Human Patient in a First
It was a last-ditch effort to save a Maryland man’s life
Health Care
Nurses Struggle through a New COVID Wave with Rage and Compassion
A critical care nurse confronts the Omicron surge filling her hospital
Health Care
Latin American Abortion Laws Hurt Health Care and the Economy—a Lesson for a Post-Roe U.S.
A region with some of the world’s most restrictive abortion laws has started to tentatively move in the opposite direction
Health Care
We Need to Ground Truth Assumptions about Gene Therapy
Researchers, practitioners and patients must balance the discipline’s promise with its reality
Medicine
Gene Therapy Is Coming of Age
Various approaches are approved for treating blood cancers and a few rare disorders—they may soon become standard care
