Supreme Court extends temporary order allowing abortion drug mifepristone by mail
On May 11 the Supreme Court extended a pause on a ruling by a federal appeals court that prevented health care providers from prescribing mifepristone by telemedicine, setting the stage for further action from the nation’s highest court
What you need to know about hantavirus, the infection at the center of a deadly cruise ship outbreak
Hantavirus spreads through contact with rodents and causes rare infectious diseases that can lead to kidney failure or a buildup of fluid in the lungs
What we know—and what we don’t—about marijuana’s health effects
Marijuana is far from a “silver bullet” for various illnesses, but it has some promising applications, scientists say
How a vision-restoring gene therapy proved that we can treat inherited diseases
Three 2026 Breakthrough Prize winners reflect on developing Luxturna, a gene therapy that treats blindness caused by rare inherited eye diseases
Why the FDA rejected a ‘breakthrough’ melanoma drug
The FDA rejected the promising skin cancer drug RP1 twice, leaving many puzzled and worried about what this means for other drug approvals
Americans are exhausted, a new CDC report shows
Nearly a third of all U.S. adults are sleeping fewer than the recommended seven hours per night on average
Inside the ibogaine rush: How psychedelic therapy is going mainstream
Tracing how psychedelics have undergone a revival in the U.S. and what the White House’s new psychedelic push means for research
Trump ends MAHA activist and wellness influencer Casey Means’s bid for surgeon general
On Thursday the president announced he is nominating Nicole Saphier, a radiologist and Fox News contributor, as the nation’s top doctor
Human genome decoder J. Craig Venter dies at age 79
Scientist and medical technology entrepreneur J. Craig Venter published the first bacterial genome ever decoded in 1995. The result heralded a new age of discovery for genetics
Should schools limit kids’ screen time? The science is murky
Los Angeles public schools are limiting computer use in classrooms over health concerns. But experts say that approach is missing the problem
What we learned from South Carolina’s measles outbreak
The recent measles outbreak in South Carolina sickened nearly 1,000 people before public health officials got it under control. Vaccination can effectively prevent further spread
DOJ indicts former Fauci adviser David Morens on charges related to the COVID pandemic
Former National Institutes of Health official David Morens is accused of evading record requests related to the COVID pandemic’s origins and gain-of-function research