Public Health

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed an AI-powered wearable to detect, and reverse via naloxone injection, opioid overdoses.

A peanut allergy can be debilitating at best, and life threatening at worst. A new possible treatment looks to be safe to wear for at least three years.

One of these scientists saved more lives than any other person in history.

University of Cape Town researchers believe tuberculosis may spread in small aerosols, much like COVID-19.

Canadian startup Cobioni has built a vaccine robot that can deliver a dose into a patient’s arm without a needle or any human help.

The U.S. has brokered a deal between Johnson & Johnson and the COVAX initiative to get COVID-19 vaccines to people in conflict zones.

If this becomes a common feature of smartphones, it could someday allow anyone to identify pathogens and detect impurities in food.

In an important test of drug harm reduction techniques, Rhode Island is set to become the first state to open safe consumption sites.

Oral vaccines are crucial to public health, but work worse where they are needed most. A new mouse study has a potential reason why.

Rwanda is deploying drones to target mosquito larvae — spraying anti-mosquito insecticides in areas where the frequency of mosquito-borne illness remains high.