By questioning the FDA’s authority to regulate an abortion drug, the courts undermine its authority to regulate all medications, legal experts say.
Author: Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY
Another step toward using animal organs: Pig kidney sustains brain-dead man for a month
Pigs might help solve the organ transplant crisis if researchers can make the process safe enough. Preventing rejection in brain-dead subjects is a step toward that goal.
Make sure to stop and smell the roses. It just might boost your memory.
Older adults who slept with a diffuser that released seven different odors at night showed improvements in verbal memory, a new study shows.
The next pandemic could spring from the US meat supply, new report finds
While Americans may think a pandemic like COVID can’t start here, researchers say lax regulation of livestock and wild animals make it a real risk.
Should I drink that Diet Coke? What WHO says about the potential health risks of aspartame
WHO reports find aspartame safe when consumed in typical amounts; might increase cancer risk at very high levels.
Next COVID vaccine booster shot should target new variant not original virus, FDA panel says
The best way to prevent COVID infections will be to reconfigure the vaccine to target an XBB variant, an FDA expert panel recommended.
From ‘science fiction’ to reality: Paralyzed man walks again thanks to brain and spine implants
The new research is the first to stimulate both the spinal cord and brain, allowing a man to control his leg movements naturally.
US should have attacked COVID like a foreign invasion, experts say. Have we learned any lessons?
A group of more than 30 experts has written a book that examines what went wrong in how the United States responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Babies without sex? Researchers are working on it. Ethicists are troubled.
Scientists are working on an approach that goes beyond IVF where babies can be made from cells other than eggs or sperm. It has ethicists worried.
Another COVID booster is now approved for older people and those at high risk
The FDA on Tuesday said people over 65 and those at high risk for coronavirus can get a second COVID booster shot. What to know about the vaccine.