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Four Keys to Containment
Health

Instant Expert: the Return of Swine Flu

By Melinda Wenner Moyer

A doctor puts a bandage on a woman's arm.
Health

Why Belgium is limiting the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine to adults over 40

By Hannah Seo

human body
Health

Learning From the Dead

By Melinda Dodd

A visual detection test.
Health

Green algae genes helped a blind man see for the first time in 40 years

By Hannah Seo

A senior gets a shot.
Health

A new Pfizer trial combines a COVID booster and pneumonia vaccine for seniors

By Nikita Amir

yankee stadium before coronavirus hit
Health

What the Yankees COVID outbreak means for the rest of us

By Neel Dhanesha

3d printed heart
Technology

How 3-D Printing Body Parts Will Revolutionize Medicine

By Steven Leckart

There are more immunocompromised Americans than we think, and that’s a problem with COVID-19 vaccines
Health

There are more immunocompromised Americans than we think, and that’s a problem with COVID-19 vaccines

By Ellie Shechet

covid-19 vaccine production facility
Health

Experts says blood clots from AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine are rare enough to justify its use

By Philip Kiefer

mother masked holding her baby
Health

How should parents with unvaccinated kids handle the CDC’s new mask guidelines?

By Marion Renault

test tubes in a tray
Health

The US will send 20 million COVID-19 vaccines to countries in need

By Emily Cerf

Football Helmets
Health

New Football Helmet Could Save the Sport

By Tom Foster

Black students in masks and track suits at desks
Health

Your questions about kids and COVID-19 vaccines, answered

By Debbie-Ann Shirley/The Conversation

Fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks—but there’s a catch
Health

Fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks—but there’s a catch

By Claire Maldarelli, Emily Cerf

a woman holds a magnifying glass up to her body
Science

There’s a secret room in the basement of the female body

By Popular Science Team

cloth masks
Health

The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may account for 19 percent of US COVID-19 cases in August

By Claire Maldarelli

The US joined the push to waive COVID-19 vaccine patents. Will it actually help?
Health

The US joined the push to waive COVID-19 vaccine patents. Will it actually help?

By Marion Renault

middle schoolers
Health

Kids age 12 to 15 can now get vaccinated in the US

By Hannah Seo

The flu disappeared this year. What will happen next winter?
Health

The flu disappeared this year. What will happen next winter?

By Sara Chodosh

A person wearing a mask rides a scooter
Health

The WHO approved China’s easy-storage Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine

By Nikita Amir

Pfizer and Moderna are studying their COVID vaccines in kids as young as 6 months
Health

Pfizer and Moderna are studying their COVID vaccines in kids as young as 6 months

By Hannah Seo

Which allergy medication works the best? It’s complicated.
Health

Which allergy medication works the best? It’s complicated.

By Sara Chodosh

friends-eating-outdoors-without-masks
Health

If you’re fully vaccinated, you (mostly) don’t need to wear a mask outdoors

By Sara Chodosh

couple walks along boardwalk
Health

The CDC is set to update its outdoor mask guidance

By Nikita Amir

person getting a covid-19 vaccine
Health

The CDC recommends that the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine resume

By Claire Maldarelli

A closeup of a mosquito
Health

Scientists have created the most effective malaria vaccine of all time

By Hannah Seo

young person gets vaccine
Health

Regular childhood vaccinations dipped during COVID, opening a door for measles outbreaks

By Philip Kiefer

person getting a vaccine
Health

Everyone over 16 can now get the COVID vaccine. How do we make sure they get it?

By Kat Eschner

Rapid COVID-19 test results strip
Health

Should vaccinated people still get COVID tests?

By Tyler Santora

A hand caryrying a phone with the Empire Pass vaccine app on it
Health

Here’s how New York’s ‘vaccine passport’ app works.

By Violet Blue

Woman wearing a mask in a park
Health

UK doctors will re-expose COVID-19 survivors to study how long immunity lasts

By Emily Cerf

a woman holding flowers and wearing a gas mask
Health

It’s time you really understood what allergies mean

By Eleanor Cummins

person getting a covid vaccine
Health

The pause on Johnson & Johnson’s COVID vaccine doesn’t mean it’s not safe

By Hannah Seo

people wearing masks walking down a street
Health

Most states will open vaccinations to all adults by mid-April

By Rahul Rao

Person in white jacket wearing a red HIV/AIDS ribbon.
Health

An HIV vaccine could arrive sooner than we thought—using Moderna’s mRNA tech

By Hannah Seo

Two adults and a child walk wearing masks.
Health

The majority of US COVID-19 cases now trace back to the UK variant

By Emily Cerf

University students walk on campus in masks.
Health

COVID’s fourth wave is on the way—and younger people could be most at risk

By Nikita Amir

Traveler sits on suitcase in airport.
Health

Fully vaccinated people can safely travel, the CDC says

By Rahul Rao

A phone with the New York COVID vaccine site on it
Health

How to protect your privacy while signing up for a COVID-19 vaccine online

By Violet Blue

Vaccine vials in a lab
Health

What went wrong with AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine data?

By Hannah Seo

Older man wearing a medical mask
Health

Is it okay to mix and match COVID-19 vaccines? We’ll know soon enough.

By Hannah Seo

Young person receiving vaccine from healthcare worker while wearing a mask.
Health

COVID-19 vaccines are working in the real world

By Sara Chodosh

masks
Health

These states are on the cusp of another COVID-19 surge

By Erin Fennessy

Health

What if you could design the perfect child?

By Rachel Feltman

After millennia of allergy treatments, here’s what actually works
Health

After millennia of allergy treatments, here’s what actually works

By Kara Wada/The Conversation

Aedes Mosquito
Health

The Alarming Battle Over Who Gets To Study Zika

Scientists Can Now Revive The Wooly Mammoth
Health

Scientists Can Now Revive The Wooly Mammoth

By Beth Shapiro

covid-19 vaccine
Health

Native American communities take the lead on vaccinations after facing staggering rates of COVID-19

By Kat Eschner

newborn baby with its parent
Health

We now know babies can be born with COVID-19 antibodies

By Hannah Seo

Vaccine shot vials on pink background.
Health

Vaccines may help alleviate symptoms for people with long-COVID

By Sara Kiley Watson

doctor putting bandaid on arm after person gets a vaccine
Health

COVID vaccine hesitancy is showing up in unexpected places

By Philip Kiefer

Tourist in surgical mask in front of the Eiffel Tower
Health

COVID-19 ‘vaccine passports’ could set a troubling precedent

By Yara M. Asi/The Conversation

a person wearing a mask
Health

Long-term COVID-19 symptoms are even more common than we thought

By Sara Kiley Watson

a person getting the COVID vaccine
Health

You’re vaccinated. Now what?

By Kat Eschner

COVID-19 vaccines
Health

Returning to normal life is going to be a slow and steady process

By Rahul Rao

Labradoodle dog looking at a person in a blue shirt with a yellow "don't tread on me" flag
Health

Can you ‘deprogram’ people who join cults?

By Michael Schulson/Undark

someone getting a covid-19 vaccine ready
Health

What you can and can’t do after getting a COVID-19 vaccine

By Claire Maldarelli

a person getting the COVID-19 vaccine
Health

The FDA just authorized Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine

By Claire Maldarelli

Person in an orange shift holding a white probiotic pull next to a brown vitamin bottle
Health

The future of probiotics and gut microbiomes is bright

By Kat Eschner

covid-19 vaccine
Health

Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine just passed the FDA’s final test

By Philip Kiefer

Woman wearing mask in doctor's office after receiving COVID-19 vaccine.
Health

Gyms are still hot spots for spreading COVID-19

By Sara Kiley Watson

person giving food to a racoon
Health

Americans spend millions of dollars on rabies treatments each year. They don’t have to.

By Gustav Cappaert/Undark

a person who is pregnant
Health

What pregnant, breastfeeding, and prospective parents should know about the COVID-19 vaccines

By Kat Eschner

COVID-19 vaccine vials
Health

Why COVID cases are falling around the world

By Rahul Rao