What my polio-stricken mother would tell parents today about the importance of immunization
The success of immunizations in the U.S., as well as in other developed countries, has had unintended consequences.
U.S. researcher says he’s ready to start pregnancies with ‘three-parent’ embryos
Researchers at Columbia University in New York have created embryos containing genetic material from three people and are ready to use them to start pregnancies. But they’re at a legal impasse.
Scientists restore some vitality in dead pig brains — but without consciousness?
The pigs were dead. But four hours later, scientists restored some cellular functions in their brains.
In a religious N.Y. community, an unprecedented response to measles puts trust in government to the test
Facing an outbreak that is now among the largest in the country — and the focus of newfound concerns about a national resurgence of the measles — the Rockland County executive this week took a step seemingly without precedent in…
Schools, houses of worship, shopping malls — anywhere that people who are not related to one another congregate indoors — will be off limits for unvaccinated children in Rockland County, New York.
Cancer is older than human beings. Scientists have found dinosaurs with metastatic tumors. It’s simply not likely we’re going to outsmart all cancers with a single treatment, without drawbacks.
Looking for diseases in newborns’ DNA that could arise during adulthood is more ethically fraught than focusing on childhood conditions.
Will the U.S. get a licensed dengue vaccine? Will Sanofi pocket a coveted prize?…
Reports that merely being in a room with fentanyl, a powerful opioid, or its analogues can poison you don't match the action and effects of these drugs.
