Stories by Andrew Joseph

The virus will likely spread to all countries on the globe, but actions can still limit its impact

The World Health Organization chose the name based on the type of virus and the year the first cases were seen

CDC officials raised the possibility that the coronavirus could become a pandemic, but hoped it would not be

A woman from China infected a person in Germany before she began displaying symptoms

The declaration was made because of the risk the virus poses to countries outside China, where limited person-to-person spread has occurred

The agency’s director-general said it is an emergency in China, but not yet globally

A Chinese Court jailed He Jiankui for an “illegal medical practice” in editing embryos’ DNA

The drug targets the connection between the brain and the microbiome

A study illuminates how genes defend against viral invasions

A study of 17 patients with the mysterious illnesses revealed inflammation suggestive of inhaled toxic substances

Some scientists had called for lifting the ban to allow the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to evaluate the new technologies

Clinicians were contacted about fatal overdoses

Some of the children looked healthy at birth

The drug will treat two rare forms of epilepsy

The swallowable device looks promising in pigs

The agency is investigating how money for the study was raised and whether it is still worth pursuing

Low levels of vasopressin linked to social behavior differences

Decision paves path to the U.S.'s first medication made from marijuana

The rare public health advisory is aimed at saving opioid users

An online petition calls for transparency about the removal of neuroscientist Thomas Jessell​

The medication is currently prescribed for many veterans 

Correcting gait early on may aid mobility 

The announcement came just two days after his top health aide rejected the notion

President Trump announced that the military would no longer allow transgender people to serve, citing “tremendous medical costs”