Brianna Abbott
Biotech companies are pioneering research to use electricity to cure diseases. Here’s how
Electricity is gaining newfound traction as a potential treatment for diseases, from rheumatoid arthritis to hard-to-treat cancers including glioblastoma and ...
Breast cancer requires surgery, right? Not so fast
When a woman learns she has breast cancer, her reaction is often: take it out. Now doctors say that might ...
Are vaccines the future of cancer prevention?
Researchers are making progress toward vaccines that train healthy people’s immune systems to eliminate signs of cancer before it develops ...
Unraveling the mystery of why cancer is soaring among people under 50
Researchers are trying to figure out what is making more young adults sick, and how to identify those at high ...
Ticks and mosquitos are bringing Lyme disease, West Nile virus and other vectored illnesses to new places across the US
Lyme disease and West Nile virus are among the ailments that ticks and mosquitoes are spreading in more of the ...
Going maskless: CDC lifts almost all recommendations for mask wearing and physical distancing for the fully vaccinated
Fully vaccinated people don’t need to wear a mask or physically distance during outdoor or indoor activities, large or small, ...
Fake memories: They can be implanted — but they can also be rooted out
[S]cientists used interviews to convince some study subjects they had undergone childhood events that didn’t happen to them, such as ...
Key to COVID herd immunity: Getting children vaccinated
As governments push to move past the pandemic, vaccinating children is emerging as a key obstacle, along with initially limited ...
Behind the scenes of America’s troubled COVID vaccine rollout
[W]hy is it taking so long to vaccinate Americans? The answer starts with tens of millions of Covid-19 vaccine doses ...
Coronavirus mortality rate averages around 1 percent
Researchers, initially analyzing data from outbreaks on cruise ships and more recently from surveys of thousands of people in virus hot ...
Infographic: Racing to create affordable at-home test for COVID-19
To stretch beyond the lab, test developers are racing to produce next-stage technologies that could allow for rapid widespread testing ...
‘Next wave’ of coronavirus tests should reveal scope of the pandemic
Health departments, hospitals and companies around the world are rolling out the next wave in coronavirus tests, which look in ...