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Sam Nichols • April 23, 2026
Pushing for better access to drugs like psilocybin and MDMA, advocates are at last enjoying some political momentum
Marta Hill • January 30, 2025
Overtreatment, climate change, travel and farm chemicals are driving resistance to antifungal drugs, and a possible new treatment is likely years away
Kharishar Kahfi • October 6, 2021
Organic catalysts have allowed scientists to create medicines more efficiently.
Rahul Rao • January 17, 2020
A private company’s plans for revolutionizing legal hallucinogenic mushrooms are prompting skepticism from psychedelic researchers
Rahul Rao • January 13, 2020
How far can naloxone go to combat overdose and addiction?
M.K. Manoylov • December 19, 2019
Cannabis use can harm those with bipolar disorder, a new study finds. But other experts have doubts
Tyler Santora • March 11, 2019
PrEP is over 90 percent effective at preventing HIV — yet only four percent of gay and bisexual men take it
Jen Monnier • June 8, 2018
It’s a big problem for the fish living in it.
Shoshana Wodinsky • March 16, 2018
Here's why the herb drives cats crazy
Matthew Phelan • March 7, 2018
In many ways, these little microbes are better prepared for space travel than we are
Dan Robitzski • July 10, 2017
Exciting new discoveries get all the attention — leaving just-as-important negative results in the dust. And fixing the problem is easier said than done.
Dan Robitzski • June 21, 2017
Dr. Luca Guardabassi is finding new ways to weaken drug-resistant bacteria
Abigail Fagan • May 24, 2017
When end-of-life wishes collide with untenable costs
Dan Robitzski • April 19, 2017
Having a colonoscopy? Those bowel cleanses remain a necessary inconvenience, but doctors are working to make them less unpleasant
Marissa Shieh • December 21, 2016
Researchers are using biological glow sticks and finely-tuned cameras to look deeper within cells.