Pharmaceuticals

Researchers are trying to establish whether existing COVID-19 vaccines and treatments can prevent lasting symptoms

Instructing our cells to make specific proteins could control influenza, autoimmune diseases, even cancer

Different methods of drug delivery give us more tools to fight disease

Gum carrying a protein produced by genetically modified lettuce traps SARS-CoV-2

MDMA, known as Ecstasy in the clubs, gained high marks in a clinical trial for PTSD

But shortages mean that new antivirals and other drugs may be hard to come by

SARS-CoV-2 adds impetus to the race for broad-spectrum countermeasures against future global infectious scourges

A drug made by Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics—which an FDA panel recently greenlit—and one made by Pfizer work in different ways, but both prevent the virus from replicating

For decades, assumptions about weight have clouded our view of health

After long delay, U.S. President Joe Biden picks Robert Califf to once again head the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Researchers are still puzzling over what this drug does at the molecular level to help COVID patients

Over-the-counter analgesics can be quite effective, but high doses have downsides