Everything You Need to Know about the Ebola Vaccine
Public health workers are preparing to roll out inoculations even as the disease has spread to an urban location
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The Future of Medicine 2018
How emerging diseases in a changing world jeopardize public health, and what can be done
Great Ape Makes Good Doc
Orangutans were observed to use plant extracts to treat their own pain.
Experimental Vaccine Will be Used against Ebola Outbreak in the DRC
The inoculation, called V920, was developed by Merck
A New Push for a Universal Flu Vaccine
One experimental shot is slated for human testing
Trump Denounces "Middlemen" and Largely Spares Pharma in Drug Pricing Speech
The White House proposal would not allow Medicare to negotiate prices or expand medication imports
Vaccines Built for the Rich Don't Protect the Poor as Well
The same preventive shot may be less effective in poor neighborhoods than in rich ones
A Worldwide Effort to Stop Epidemics Is in Peril
A program to stop deadly diseases from spreading to the U.S. by helping foreign countries contain them now faces steep cuts
How to Build a Better Flu Vaccine
An experimental approach may arm immune cells against many strains, eliminating annual guesswork
A Wave of Resurgent Epidemics Has Hit the U.S.
Resurgent outbreaks of infectious diseases are sickening thousands, and the causes are societal
Scientists Downsize Bold Plan to Make Human Genome from Scratch
Genetic construction project shifts focus to making virus-resistant human cells
Shoebox-Size Lab Can Diagnose Infectious Diseases from a Drop of Blood
The device can already detect antibodies for measles and rubella
Panel Recommends FDA Approval of Epilepsy Drug Derived from Marijuana
Decision paves path to the U.S.'s first medication made from marijuana
Evolution Research Could Revolutionize Cancer Therapy
Evolutionary studies indicate that the genetic changes enabling a cancer to develop arise shockingly early within the primary tumor. This discovery points to a promising new approach to therapy
Squeaky Clean Mice Could Be Ruining Research
Pristine lab conditions may not provide the best model for human disease
How Cancer Can Become Therapy-Resistant
Epigenetics may play a role
Where Marijuana Is Legal, Opioid Prescriptions Fall
Two new studies support this correlation
The Future of Sexual Reproduction
Could scientists one day use blood and skin cells to replace sperm and eggs?
Should Computer Simulations Replace Animal Testing for Heart Drugs?
Computational models representing human heart cells show higher accuracy than animal models in predicting an adverse drug effect, such as dangerous arrhythmias
