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New Oral Polio Vaccine to Bypass Key Clinical Trials
Robert Fortner | Dec 17, 2019 | 6 min read
Health officials are rushing a genetically engineered product into the field to counter uncontained outbreaks of vaccine-derived polio.
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Yellow Dye in Turmeric Linked with Lead Poisoning in Bangladesh
Claire Jarvis | Dec 17, 2019 | 5 min read
Scientists track the spice from the soil to the market to pinpoint the source of contamination in pregnant women’s blood.
Tufts to Remove Sackler Name from Medical Campus
Emily Makowski | Dec 9, 2019 | 2 min read
The school will not return donations from the family that made its riches on opioids, but the university will start a $3 million endowment for addiction prevention and treatment.
Image of the Day: HIV Shuttles
Emily Makowski | Dec 5, 2019 | 1 min read
Macrophages transport HIV-like particles into lymph nodes during infection.
Rising Temperatures Expected to Spur More Early Births
Ashley Yeager | Dec 2, 2019 | 2 min read
From 1969 to 1988, 25,000 infants were born early each year as a result of hot weather, and with global warming pushing temperatures higher, more babies will be at risk for early birth.
50 Children Dead from Measles Outbreak in Samoa 
Emily Makowski | Dec 2, 2019 | 1 min read
The public health emergency has spurred a mass vaccination campaign.
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Deathly Displays, circa 1662–1731
Sukanya Charuchandra | Dec 1, 2019 | 3 min read
Frederik Ruysch’s collections blended specimens for scientific discovery with macabre art.
Polio Vaccination Causes More Infections than Wild Virus
Jef Akst | Nov 25, 2019 | 2 min read
In rare instances, the live virus in oral polio vaccines can mutate and become infectious, causing new outbreaks.
Dengue Cases Drop After Bacteria-Infected Mosquitoes Released
Emily Makowski | Nov 22, 2019 | 2 min read
Aedes aegypti infected with Wolbachia—which inhibit transmission of the dengue virus from insect to human—were deployed in Indonesia, Vietnam, Brazil, and Australia.
Air Pollution Tied to Brain Cancer: Study
Emily Makowski | Nov 13, 2019 | 2 min read
Inhaling combustion-produced particles may lead to the development of brain tumors.
Ebola Vaccine Approved for Use in Europe
Jef Akst | Nov 11, 2019 | 1 min read
Merck’s Ervebo gets its first regulatory greenlight. A decision from the US Food and Drug Administration is expected in the next few months.
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Dengue Vaccine Trial Results Show Promise, with Caveats
Shawna Williams | Nov 8, 2019 | 2 min read
TAK-003 appears to avoid the safety issues seen with an existing vaccine, but experts say a longer evaluation is needed.
Image of the Day: Fizzy Birth Control
Emily Makowski | Nov 7, 2019 | 1 min read
A microneedle patch can subcutaneously deliver a contraceptive hormone to rats.
Trump Picks Cancer Researcher Stephen Hahn for FDA Commissioner
Emily Makowski | Nov 4, 2019 | 2 min read
The radiation oncologist and chief medical executive at MD Anderson Cancer Center has not worked in government previously.
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Opinion: We Need More than New Antibiotics to Fight Resistance
Neil S. Greenspan and Arturo Casadevall | Nov 1, 2019 | 3 min read
Metabolic disrupters, phages, and other approaches are going to be needed to treat the broadest possible range of patients infected by bacterial pathogens resistant to multiple drugs.
Measles Leaves the Immune System Vulnerable to Other Diseases
Ruth Williams | Oct 31, 2019 | 4 min read
Two studies present biological evidence that measles infections in unvaccinated children wipe out immune memories of other pathogens, putting the kids at risk of other deadly diseases.
Zoonotic Disease Research Program Shut Down
Emily Makowski | Oct 28, 2019 | 2 min read
The USAID’s Predict program, which conducted animal virus surveillance and disease outbreak prevention training, is ending after its 10-year funding run.
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FDA Approves New Cystic Fibrosis Drug
Shawna Williams | Oct 24, 2019 | 1 min read
The treatment, Trikafta, increases lung function in most patients with the disease—but comes with a hefty price tag.
More Evidence that Enterovirus May Cause Kids’ Paralyzing Disease
Catherine Offord | Oct 22, 2019 | 2 min read
Children with acute flaccid myelitis are more likely to have antibodies against the viral family in their spinal fluid than are children without the illness.
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Adult Humans Can Regenerate Cartilage: Study
Shawna Williams | Oct 10, 2019 | 2 min read
Collagen inside ankles has more turnover than that in hips, thanks to the action of microRNAs.
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