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

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

Tracking heart health at home

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In partnership with Omron

Can new technology help society eliminate cardiac episodes completely?

Jack Berning

Medicine

Fecal transplants help shrink cancer patients’ tumors

Fecal transplants made advanced melanoma patients who initially didn’t respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors responsive to the cancer treatment.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

Biologist infects himself with parasites in pursuit of hookworm vaccine

A marine biologist intentionally infected himself with parasitic hookworms and documented it in Tweets and pictures that will make your skin crawl.

Teresa Carey

Drugs

Oral ketamine treatment reduced suicidal thoughts: Pilot study

A new, small study in Australia suggests that oral ketamine treatment may help treat suicidal thoughts.

B. David Zarley

Coronavirus

Trees and insects helped create Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine

Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine was nearly 90% effective in a U.K. trial — and the ingredients for the promising subunit vaccine came from insects and trees.

Kristin Houser

Biology

Smart stem cells made from fat have the power to heal

Researchers have reprogrammed human fat cells into adaptive smart stem cells that can lie dormant and heal various tissues.

Teresa Carey

Coronavirus

Fauci predicts universal COVID-19 vaccine availability by April

Anthony Fauci expects April will be “open season” for COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s why his prediction about COVID-19 vaccine availability appears accurate.

Kristin Houser

Mental Health

Google trends reveal a boredom pandemic. How can we help?

Google trends showed that online searches for subjects linked to boredom and loneliness jumped dramatically, according to a study.

Teresa Carey

Coronavirus

Ask the crowd: When can I get the COVID-19 vaccine?

Volunteers are creating online tools powered by crowdsourced data to help people answer the question: where and when can I get the COVID-19 vaccine?

Kristin Houser

Surgery

Man's double hand & face transplant may be first to succeed

Five months post-surgery, a double hand and face transplant recipient shows no signs of transplant rejection, suggesting the procedure was a success.

Kristin Houser

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