Medicine

As the line between nature and technology blurs, we need new ways to describe how the body works.

Forty years after a 1981 report hinted at the coming HIV/AIDS pandemic, we look at how the response to global public health threats has changed.

The fast transmission of bad information is dangerous. A new approach employs “infodemiologists” to fight outbreaks.

Cells we were taught to ignore have been caught on tape doing the unthinkable.

For the millions of people suffering with daily physical pain, nerve stimulation and gene editing offer new hope beyond addictive opioids.

COVID-19 caused a huge spike in demand for telehealth services, but it opened the door for bad actors as well.

Mushrooms are waiting for their moment in medicine.

Smell training is helping those with coronavirus-related anosmia restore this vital sense.

Can AI revolutionize the growing, billion-dollar global market for clinical alarm management in hospitals—and help save lives?

Deep learning uncovers the potential of existing medications to target different diseases.

The Wall Street giant’s big bet on Ancestry.com drives home the financial realities facing the consumer genomic revolution.

Long-lasting, bacteria-based repellent is the goal of DARPA project aiming to protect U.S. soldiers overseas.

Astropharmacies could grow drugs on demand for future space travelers.

This could be a “hinge year” in history: the opportunity to grasp a new and improved future for ourselves, our children, and our planet—or not.

Neal Kassell is on a mission to bring focused ultrasound therapy to the masses.