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Who should take an obesity drug? A new genetic test class to identify patients most likely to benefit
Homing in on obesity's genetic underpinnings through precision medicine may represent a more cost-effective way of tackling weight loss ...
Can psychedelics like MDMA and magic mushrooms help relieve PTSD symptoms? The Department of Veterans Affairs is determined to find out
The Department of Veterans Affairs says it's committed to studying whether psychedelics are effective treatments for PTSD ...
What is a ‘sustainatarian’? A ‘regenivore’? Are fad diets targeting climate change just a new wave of virtue signaling?
Terms like "climatarian" are getting newfound attention from corporate America as young consumers gravitate toward what they perceive as "green" ...
China rolls out legal protections on the genetic data of its citizens–with troubling exceptions, say ethics experts
The Chinese government has identified genetic data as a national strategic resource and is strengthening state control over the country's ...
Hope for thousands of people with ALS: Brain implant helps paralyzed man communicate
A fully paralyzed patient with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, has regained his ability to communicate via a new brain ...
Infographic: Fox vs MSNBC vs CNN — How media preferences shaped the COVID culture war
The key factor determining how Americans have handled COVID-19 — more than race, education or even political affiliation — is ...
Why will some people never get COVID — and why are they so important to researchers?
Some people don't get COVID despite being exposed to the virus — a mystery researchers are trying to unravel. Why ...
What does it mean to be fully vaccinated?
The definition of what it means to be "fully vaccinated" is evolving even as the CDC has remained careful not ...
Omicron variant leads to generally mild symptoms in 40+ known US cases
Of the more than 40 known cases of the Omicron variant in the U.S., nearly all are mild, Centers for ...
Slew of injection-free COVID vaccines are in the pipeline
As vaccine makers pursue the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines, some are working to develop products that wouldn't require a ...
‘Many sites were hidden in plain sight’: How digital tools are revolutionizing archeology
Hidden parts of deep human history are being revealed by digital tools that generate new troves of data for archaeologists ...
Infographic: Who are the last COVID vaccine holdouts?
Conservative media sometimes blame the problem of the unvaccinated on people of color, but the data show vaccine resistance is mostly ...
More than half of US children have detectable levels of lead in their blood
More than half of children under 6 years old in the U.S. had detectable lead levels in their blood, with ...
‘More dangerous than Delta’: Fauci warns a more lethal and communicable strain of COVID is possible
If America's current COVID-19 surge continues unabated into the fall and winter, the country will likely face an even more ...
Infographic: Either or? Where does the public stand on vaccine mandates and vaccine passports?
There's much higher public support for government-imposed vaccine mandates than businesses' use of "vaccine passports," even if they're called something ...
Infographic: Trending green and going great — Every state in the US seeing decreased cases of COVID
The U.S. averaged fewer than 40,000 new cases per day over the past week. That’s a 21% improvement over the ...
‘Vaccine wall’: With denialism and reluctance rampant in the US, we may fall far short of reaching herd immunity
For the last few months, the primary focus of the U.S. has been getting shots to everyone who wants them, ...
Cheaper gene editing poised to change the world ‘and even extend human lifespans’
Increasingly inexpensive genetic sequencing and engineering tools could upend everything from health care to fuel. Why it matters: This bio ...
