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Pain doesn’t belong on a scale of zero to 10
Health

Pain doesn’t belong on a scale of zero to 10

By Elisabeth Rosenthal/KFF Health News

Close up of human brain neuron
AI

Lab-grown human brain tissue used to control robot

By Andrew Paul

Water tank used for wave modulation system
Engineering

Sound waves power ping-pong ball through aquatic obstacle course

By Andrew Paul

'fraud' written over man in brain device
Science

In the 1960s, swindlers pushed fake radioactive medicine

By Popular Science Team

a tardigrade. these microscopic animals have right legs and round bear-like bodies with a small pointy appendage in front.
Animals

Tardigrade genes edited with an advanced CRISPR technique

By Laura Baisas

a black widow spider on a leaf. the spider is black with a red marking on its abdomen.
Animals

New experimental black widow venom antidote uses human antibodies

By Laura Baisas

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy machine in hospital laboratory.
AI

New technology could shrink bulky MRI machines

By Andrew Paul

Hand holding Neuralink implant
Health

85% of Neuralink implant wires are already detached, says patient

By Andrew Paul

Neuralink N1 implant device breakdown
AI

Neuralink seeks its next brain implant volunteer

By Andrew Paul

Three 3D printed polypills
Health

One 3D-printed ‘polypill’ could fit an entire day’s medications

By Andrew Paul

Opal Sandy
Science

Gene therapy breakthrough allows toddler born deaf to hear

By Tom Hawking

Tandem insulin pump installed on woman's stomach
Health

FDA issues recall for diabetes app after over 200 reported injuries

By Andrew Paul

Close up of orangutan
Environment

Orangutan observed using a plant to treat an open wound

By Andrew Paul

Alexander Milton Ross
Health

The bombastic 19th-century anti-vaxxer who fueled Montreal’s smallpox epidemic

By Sabrina Sholts / MIT Press Reader

shelled and unshelled peanuts on a table
Health

After 100 years, new guidelines propose rules for common food allergy treatment

By Laura Baisas

an yellow-ish bag of liver cells in a suspension.
Health

Experimental treatment grows livers from lymph nodes

By Laura Baisas

Users wearing BCI cap to play video game
Technology

This cap is a big step towards universal, noninvasive brain-computer interfaces

By Andrew Paul

Bladder sensor next to smartphone displaying its app
Health

This implant will tell a smartphone app when you need to pee

By Andrew Paul

surgeons in an operating room
Health

Surgeons complete first-ever gene-edited pig kidney transplant

By Mack DeGeurin

Neuralink logo on smartphone
Technology

Neuralink shows first human patient using brain implant to play online chess

By Andrew Paul

Woman talking with nurse chatbot on iPad
Technology

Silicon Valley wants to deploy AI nursebots to handle your care

By Andrew Paul

The decades-long quest for lab-grown organs
Science

The decades-long quest for lab-grown organs

By Bill Gourgey

A doctor puts a bandage on the upper arm of a senior citizen.
Health

CDC recommends Americans 65 and over get additional COVID-19 vaccine

By Laura Baisas

Varda W-1 capsule reentry video screenshot
Science

Watch the plasma fly in space capsule’s dramatic fall to Earth

By Andrew Paul

A syringe with a measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine next to its packaging.
Health

How to check your measles vaccination status amid outbreak

By Laura Baisas

Pigs in sty at factory farm
Environment

Gene-edited pigs immune to deadly virus could arrive on farms by next year

By Andrew Paul

Surgeon using spaceMIRA remote surgery tool on ISS
Technology

First remote, zero-gravity surgery performed on the ISS from Earth (on rubber)

By Andrew Paul

Illustration of 3D printed brain tissue culture with 25nm scale
Science

Scientists have 3D bioprinted functioning human brain tissue

By Andrew Paul

Stem cells found in menstrual blood could unlock new therapies and diagnostic tests.
Health

The untapped potential of stem cells in menstrual blood

By Sneha Khedkar / Knowable Magazine

Smartphone showing Elon Musk X profile against Neuralink logo backdrop
Technology

Elon Musk alleges Neuralink completed its first human trial implant

By Andrew Paul

Just cutting DNA to bits isn’t a big deal. The special trick that CRISPR systems add is to make those cuts only in precise, targeted spots.
Health

What’s going on with CRISPR gene editing?

By Amber Dance/Knowable Magazine

The packaging for an inhaler called Flovent HFA. Flovent is a popular inhaled corticosteroid that helps keep inflammation in the lungs low and the airways open for people with asthma.
Health

Popular corticosteroid asthma inhaler Flovent was discontinued this month

By Laura Baisas

Brainoware biocomputing study illustration
Technology

A ‘brain organoid’ biochip displayed serious voice recognition and math skills

By Andrew Paul

Pharmacy shelves stocked with medications
Technology

Law enforcements can obtain prescription records from pharmacy giants without a warrant

By Andrew Paul

A researcher handles a petri dish while observing a CRISPR/Cas9 process through a stereomicroscope at the Max-Delbrueck-Centre for Molecular Medicine.
Health

FDA approves the first gene-editing treatment in the US

By Laura Baisas

Researchers working with laser array in lab
Technology

Swapping surgical bone saws for laser beams

By Andrew Paul

A woman in pain puts her hands up to her nosed with her eyes closed.
Health

It’s stuffy nose season. Here’s how to cope

By Laura Baisas

colorful dna strands; illustration
Health

Can our eyes ever fix themselves?

By Aparna Nathan

A researcher handles a petri dish while observing a CRISPR/Cas9 process through a stereomicroscope at the Max-Delbrueck-Centre for Molecular Medicine.
Health

The UK becomes the first country to approve CRISPR treatment

By Laura Baisas

Close up of doctor's hand attaching wearable soft stethoscope patch to patient's chest
Technology

This tiny wireless wearable continuously monitors your body’s internal soundtrack

By Andrew Paul

The synthetic melanin is being applied to Inflamed skin. Just under the surface of the skin are green free radicals, also known as ROS, or "reactive oxygen species."
Health

Lab-made ‘super melanin’ speeds up healing and boosts sun protection

By Laura Baisas

A microscopic image of small drug-resistant germs in yellow surrounding a larger human cell, in red.
Health

Poop transplants might protect vulnerable patients from superbug infections

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A box of a nasal decongestant called SudafedPe on a store shelf.
Health

CVS to stop selling cold and allergy pills that FDA warns don’t work

By Laura Baisas

Red and white tianeptine antidepressant pills, which are unregulated by the FDA, on a hand on a red background
Health

The US won’t regulate this deadly, addictive antidepressant

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

This non-invasive device blasts apart tumors with sound waves
Technology

This non-invasive device blasts apart tumors with sound waves

By Charlotte Hu

Patient wearing a highly integrated bionic hand in between many others
Technology

Titanium-fused bone tissue connects this bionic hand directly to a patient’s nerves

By Andrew Paul

Bacteriophage destroying antibiotic-resistant bacteria during phage therapy. Illustration.
Health

Viruses could be an unlikely ally in battling antibiotic-resistant bacteria

By Jessica Craig

Centenarian blood tests give hints of the secrets to longevity
Health

Centenarian blood tests give hints of the secrets to longevity

By Karin Modig/The Conversation

Many schools stock overdose reversal meds, but others worry about stigma
Health

Many schools stock overdose reversal meds, but others worry about stigma

By Rae Ellen Bichell and Virginia Garcia Pivik/KFF Health News

Sweat sensor worn like a ring on finger
Technology

A new noninvasive patch could monitor a vital hormone

By Andrew Paul

mass-casualty triage occurring via different technologies
Technology

DARPA wants to modernize how first responders do triage during disasters

By Sarah Scoles

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is jointly awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman. This is an illustration of the two scientists.
Health

mRNA vaccine innovators win the Nobel Prize in medicine

By Laura Baisas

An open mouth showing a drug delivery patch adhered to a cheek.
Health

Afraid of needles? Check out this octopus-inspired drug patch.

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Elon Musk in suit
Technology

Neuralink’s human trials volunteers ‘should have serious concerns,’ say medical experts

By Andrew Paul

Spider silk stronger than Kevlar spun by an unlikely source
Technology

Spider silk stronger than Kevlar spun by an unlikely source

By Andrew Paul

Elon Musk sitting with finger tips touching in steeple shape
Technology

Neuralink is searching for its first human test subjects

By Andrew Paul

Sick person with tan skin and black hair checking fever on a thermometer
Health

What makes a fever an infection-busting superpower

By Edmund K. LeGrand and Joe Alcock/The Conversation

Do I need a COVID booster? And all of your other questions answered.
Health

Do I need a COVID booster? And all of your other questions answered.

By Arthur Allen/KFF Health News

Turmeric may help stomach aches, study shows
Health

Turmeric may help stomach aches, study shows

By Sara Kiley Watson

Kidney transplant sensor on researcher fingertip
Technology

This organ-failure detector is thinner than a human hair

By Andrew Paul

Kid with blonde hair wearing a blue COVID mask holding books and a backpack on the first day of school
Health

How to avoid getting COVID again

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Doctor and patient in office
Health

Should doctors and nurses discuss the dangers of heat?

By Martha Bebinger/KFF Health News

Professor Garry Duffy and Dr Rachel Beatty show the soft robotic implant developed by University of Galway and MIT
Technology

This drug-delivery soft robot may help solve medical implants’ scar tissue problem

By Andrew Paul

Doctor pouring pills in hand from bottle.
Health

AI may influence whether you can get pain medication

By Andy Miller and Sam Whitehead/KFF Health News