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First U.K. Children Are Born Using DNA from Three ‘Parents’

Ewen Callaway and Nature magazine

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Birth Control Pill Gets Strong Endorsement for Over-the-Counter Access

Mariana Lenharo and Nature magazine

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The ‘Brain Fog’ of Long COVID Is a Serious Medical Issue That Needs More Attention

Emily Mendenhall and Kenton Kaplan | Opinion

More Hospitals Are Creating Police Forces

Criminalizing patients could have adverse consequences, experts warn

Renuka Rayasam

Genetic Engineering

Genetic Engineering

First U.K. Children Are Born Using DNA from Three ‘Parents’

Ewen Callaway and Nature magazine

Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceuticals

Birth Control Pill Gets Strong Endorsement for Over-the-Counter Access

Mariana Lenharo and Nature magazine

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The ‘Brain Fog’ of Long COVID Is a Serious Medical Issue That Needs More Attention

Emily Mendenhall and Kenton Kaplan | Opinion

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What Is Causing So Much Pink Eye?

Emily Sohn

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Astronomy Tool Can Now Detect COVID in Breath

Starre Vartan

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Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Initial Trial

Tanya Lewis

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A 19th-Century Obscenity Law Is Being Used Again to Limit Abortion

Josh Fischman and Tanya Lewis

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U.S. COVID Public Health Emergency Is Ending. Here's What That Means

Lauren J. Young

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You Don’t Really Need 10,000 Daily Steps to Stay Healthy

New research points to different step counts based on age and fitness level

Masks Work. Distorting Science to Dispute the Evidence Doesn’t

New mask studies relying on a medical paradigm do not erase decades of engineering and occupational science that show they work...

Matthew Oliver, Mark Ungrin and Joe Vipond | Opinion

Heavy Cannabis Use Linked to Schizophrenia, Especially among Young Men

A huge Danish study shows that up to 30 percent of psychosis diagnoses in young men could have been prevented if these individuals hadn’t used marijuana heavily

Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Initial Trial

An mRNA vaccine prevented tumor recurrence after surgery in eight of 16 patients, but the therapy still needs to be validated in larger trials

What Is Causing So Much Pink Eye?

The newest SARS-CoV-2 strain may cause red, watery eyes. But the symptom can have other causes, too

The ‘Brain Fog’ of Long COVID Is a Serious Medical Issue That Needs More Attention

Brain fog is such a nebulous term in long COVID that it delegitimizes efforts to get disability accommodations and medical leave

Emily Mendenhall and Kenton Kaplan | Opinion

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A 19th-Century Obscenity Law Is Being Used Again to Limit Abortion

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