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Researchers hope the technique could one day help eradicate the deadly viral illness.
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Born and raised in NYC, Ed covers public health, disease, and weird animal science for Gizmodo. He has previously reported for the Atlantic, Vice, Pacific Standard, and Undark Magazine.
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Familiar infections like RSV and norovirus are rising as life returns to normal.
Thursday 2:17PM
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Wildlife officials have documented at least three pups born to the gray wolf parents John and Jane.
Wednesday 6:15PM
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Big Pharma is unlikely to fund larger trials of the off-patent treatment, though.
Wednesday 2:00PM
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The metallic traces could help explain how Alzheimer's disease damages the brain.
Tuesday 3:35PM
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Steven Brandenburg said he believed the vaccines would change people's DNA.
Tuesday 1:10PM
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Did the virus spread to humans after a lab accident? Despite recent headlines, there's still no smoking gun.
Monday 12:36PM
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The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the drug aducanumab as a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, the…
Monday 10:34AM
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One of the world’s longest-lived chimpanzees has died. Officials at the San Francisco Zoo announced Sunday that…
6/04/21 4:49PM
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On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new injectable medication for treating obesity—one shown to…
6/04/21 1:20PM
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Scientists say that two common strains of the seasonal flu have seemingly vanished from circulation, likely due to…
6/04/21 9:50AM
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The fate of an experimental dementia drug will be decided within days. On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration…
6/03/21 12:40PM
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New research published this week suggests that dogs are born to understand people, at least to some extent. The…
6/02/21 5:40PM
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From the desk of medical irony comes this recent case study from Germany. Doctors there say a patient of theirs…
6/02/21 2:00PM
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Scientists in the UK say the same sort of echolocation practiced by bats may also help people living with blindness…
6/01/21 5:20PM
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Howard Bauchner, the editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association—one of the foremost…
6/01/21 11:40AM
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Johnson & Johnson will not be getting out of its obligation to pay up for losing a civil court case over its baby…
6/01/21 10:32AM
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On Tuesday, health officials in China reported the first known human case of a particular strain of avian influenza…
5/29/21 9:00AM
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A study that claimed to overturn our understanding of how sperm moves has now been retracted. The research had…
5/28/21 2:00PM
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Researchers say they’ve found a way to help make science lessons more interactive for students, particularly for…