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Health Aug 12
Early study results suggest 2 Ebola treatments are saving livesThe preliminary findings prompted an early halt to a major study on the drugs and a decision to prioritize their use in Congo, where a yearlong outbreak has killed more than 1,800 people.
Health Jun 08
Scientists feel chill of crackdown on fetal tissue researchTo save babies from brain-damaging birth defects, University of Pittsburgh scientist Carolyn Coyne studies placentas from fetuses that otherwise would be discarded — and she’s worried this kind of research is headed for the chopping block.
Nation Jun 05
Trump administration ends fetal tissue research by federal scientistsResearch using fetal tissue has led to life-saving advances including development of vaccines for rubella and rabies, and drugs for the HIV virus.
Health Mar 28
Surgeons perform kidney transplant from donor living with HIVThe surgery is believed to be the first kidney transplant from a living donor with HIV, a milestone for patients with the AIDS virus who need a new organ.
Nation Dec 28
Most Americans support gene editing to protect babies, poll findsMost Americans say it would be OK to use gene-editing technology to create babies protected against a variety of diseases — but a new poll shows they'd draw the line at changing DNA so children are born smarter, faster or…
World Dec 13
U.S. diplomats had inner-ear damage after ‘health attacks’ in Cuba, doctors sayEarlier this year, a team of doctors at the University of Pennsylvania who also examined many of these patients, but months later, reported they suffered concussion-like brain damage, despite no blow to the head.
Health Apr 23
Veteran who survived bomb blast has first total penis and scrotum transplant in the worldThe loss of a penis, whether from cancer, accident or war injury, is emotionally traumatic, affecting urination, sexual intimacy and the ability to conceive a child. Many patients suffer in silence because of the stigma their injuries sometimes carry.
Nation Apr 05
Trump’s FDA pick faces questions over financial ties to medical companiesScott Gottlieb promised to prioritize the opioid crisis, said science will prevail despite his extensive financial ties to FDA-regulated medical companies.
Health Jan 05
Give peanuts to infants to prevent allergies, new guidelines sayMost babies should start eating peanut-containing foods well before their first birthday, say guidelines released Thursday that aim to protect high-risk tots and other youngsters, too, from developing the dangerous food allergy.
Health Apr 18
Here’s what we know about Zika’s threat to pregnant womenZika may stand convicted of causing devastating birth defects but there still are lots of questions about how much of a threat the virus poses to pregnant women, and what to do about it.
