Health

a vaccine vial in front of a backdrop of cells

Personalized cancer vaccines are having a moment

Personalized cancer vaccines were a recurring theme at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in 2024.

Kristin Houser

Young girl in a colorful knit hat drinking water from a clear glass, possibly containing forever chemicals, with sunlight creating a lens flare across the image.

Sustainability

Scientists have invented a method to break down “forever chemicals” in our drinking water

Researchers have discovered a way to eliminate “forever chemicals,” or PFAS, which usually take hundreds or thousands of years to break down.

Johnny Wood

X-ray image of a human chest showing lungs and rib cage, with visible abnormal dark patches indicating possible tuberculosis.

Medicine

AI can help predict whether a patient will respond to specific tuberculosis treatments

Instead of a one-size-fits-all treatment approach, AI could help personalize treatments for each patient to provide the best outcomes.

Sriram Chandrasekaran

Public Health

Cone snail venom may help treat malaria

Clumps of infected red blood cells can make malaria dangerous even after its parasite is treated. Cone snail venom may one day help.

B. David Zarley

Virology

A new bird flu is infecting people. Here’s what we know.

The H5N8 bird flu virus has reportedly infected seven poultry farm workers in Russia. Here’s what we know about the new avian flu threat.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

FDA: One-shot COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective

FDA experts confirm that Johnson and Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective, putting it a step closer to authorization.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

World’s first COVID-19 human challenge study is a go

Researchers have gotten the green light to deliberately infect people with the coronavirus as part of the world’s first COVID-19 human challenge study.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

Diabetes drug shows promise as obesity treatment

The diabetes drug semaglutide shows promise as an obesity treatment, helping people lose an average of 34 pounds in a recent trial.

Kristin Houser

Healthcare

Stamp-sized wearable health monitor can do it all

Researchers at UCSD have developed a wearable health monitor that can measure both cardiovascular and biochemical signals at once.

B. David Zarley

Prosthetics

New amputation surgery technique may lead to better control of prosthetics

A new amputation surgery technique developed at MIT reconnects muscle pairings and may lead to better prosthetic control — and less pain.

B. David Zarley

Coronavirus

The hunt for a universal coronavirus vaccine

A universal coronavirus vaccine that protects against multiple coronaviruses could stop the next potential pandemic from ever starting.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

Study: Strong immunity without Pfizer vaccine’s second dose

The Pfizer vaccine's second dose might not be as necessary as thought — and ultra-cold storage of the COVID-19 vaccine might not be necessary at all.

Kristin Houser

Virtual patients help doctors improve bedside manner

The Virti platform lets doctors and med students interact with computer-generated virtual patients so they can improve their bedside manner.

Kristin Houser

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