ScienceHealthScienceHealthOver-the-Counter Hearing Aids Are Finally on the WayThe FDA's finalized regulations will allow hearing aids to be sold without a prescription in U.S. stores as early as…ByEd CaraYesterday 2:38PMComments (22)Save
ScienceSpecial ReportsScienceSpecial ReportsDegrees of the Future 2022: EpidemiologyThese are the universities with the best epidemiology programs.ByGizmodo Staff8/11/22 11:30AMSave
ScienceHealthScienceHealthAmericans Are Going Hungry, Driving Less, and Skipping Medicine Over High Health Care CostsA new Gallup poll suggests nearly 100 million Americans have had to take painful cost-saving measures due to medical…ByEd Cara8/05/22 2:53PMComments (25)Save
ScienceHealthScienceHealthFour Monkeypox Deaths Reported Outside of Africa as Outbreak ExpandsSpain, Brazil, and India have reported monkeypox-related deaths since Friday.ByEd Cara8/01/22 11:58AMComments (4)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19Upgraded Covid-19 Boosters Could Arrive by FallSecond covid-19 boosters for the general population are reportedly being postponed in favor of new and improved…ByEd Cara7/29/22 12:26PMComments (9)Save
ScienceHealthScienceHealthA Deadly Cancer Hijacks the Brain to Render Itself Untreatable, Study FindsGlioblastoma tumors take advantage of mechanisms used to create neurons to spread far and wide, scientists in…ByEd Cara7/27/22 12:48PMComments (11)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19Wuhan Enters Another Lockdown as Rest of World Pretends Covid-19 Pandemic Is OverChina has been accused of covering up the real number of infections, but ironically it's the U.S. that no longer…ByMatt Novak7/27/22 6:00AMComments (67)Save
ScienceHealthScienceHealthWHO Declares a Public Health Emergency Over MonkeypoxThe emerging viral illness joins polio and covid-19 in being deemed a public health emergency of international…ByEd Cara7/23/22 10:24AMComments (3)Save
ScienceHealthScienceHealthThe FDA Will Soon Decide Whether to Make a Birth Control Pill Available Over the CounterFrench drugmaker HRA Pharma asked the FDA to approve a hormonal contraceptive pill that wouldn't require a doctor's…ByEd Cara7/11/22 3:35PMComments (14)Save
TechGadgetsTechGadgetsReport: The Apple Watch Series 8 May Expand Its Health Tracking to Include Fever DetectionLooking for an excuse to skip work? Your Apple Watch may be the ticket.ByAndrew Liszewski7/04/22 9:00AMComments (11)Save
Field GuideField GuideThe Hardest Countries to Fly to From the US Right NowNot every country has fully opened back up yet—and conditions apply.ByDavid Nield6/30/22 3:30PMComments (8)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19U.S. Orders Omicron-Specific Covid-19 Vaccine Shipment for Big Fall PushThe U.S. reported 196,230 new cases and 693 deaths on Wednesday.ByMatt Novak6/30/22 6:30AMComments (17)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19Maternal Deaths Spiked in US During First Year of the Pandemic, Study FindsThe researchers found that deaths during or soon after pregnancy rose at a rate even higher than the nationwide…ByEd Cara6/28/22 11:10AMComments (4)Save
ScienceHealthScienceHealthNew Strain of Extensively Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Appears in AustriaShould these strains ever start to spread widely, "many gonorrhea cases might become untreatable," researchers warn.ByEd Cara6/17/22 3:43PMComments (17)Save
ScienceHealthScienceHealthMonkeypox Is Getting a New Name, WHO AnnouncesScientists have called for the virus and disease to be given a name that's “neutral, non-discriminatory and…ByEd Cara6/15/22 12:10PMComments (32)Save
ScienceHealthScienceHealthCDC Walks Back Monkeypox Advice, No Longer Tells Travelers to Mask UpThe change in language came days after the agency first noted that wearing a mask can help "protect you from many…ByEd Cara6/08/22 10:54AMComments (10)Save
TechNewsTechNewsGlaxoSmithKline Spends $3.3 Billion to Catch up in Vaccination Arms RaceAffinivax's latest vaccine fights pneumonia, meningitis, and bloodstream infections.ByMatt Novak5/31/22 6:30AMComments (2)Save
ScienceHealthScienceHealthCVS Will No Longer Fill Controlled Substances Prescriptions from Certain Telehealth CompaniesThe pharmacy chain said it will not fill prescriptions for stimulants and other controlled substances from Cerebral…ByKevin Hurler5/25/22 2:45PMComments (15)Save
ScienceHealthScienceHealthNumber of Potential Mystery Hepatitis Cases in U.S. Jumps to 180The CDC is now investigating 180 potential cases of serious liver inflammation in children, but the cause remains…ByLauren Leffer5/19/22 12:13PMComments (5)Save
ScienceHealthCovid-19ScienceHealthCovid-19Vast Majority of Long Covid Patients Were Never Hospitalized, Report FindsThree-fourths of diagnosed long covid patients avoided hospitalization, according to an analysis of private…ByEd Cara5/18/22 5:07PMComments (7)Save