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Nina Pullano • January 10, 2019
The humble death certificate is an underappreciated document, a forensic pathologist says
Isobel Whitcomb • November 30, 2018
The therapy doesn’t reduce pain, but that’s not the point
Isobel Whitcomb • November 16, 2018
Early next year, the Allahabad Kumbh Mela festival in India will attract 150 million pilgrims — and even more drug-resistant microbes
Tara Santora • November 13, 2018
Transgender people have higher rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide, partly due to state-backed discrimination
Tara Santora • October 29, 2018
Researchers find a link between an unhealthy party trend and sexual objectification
Jillian Mock • July 18, 2018
What to know before you go to your annual gynecology appointment
Charlie Wood • April 2, 2018
Living longer will shake up social institutions, experts say
Lucy Hicks • March 9, 2018
The biology behind the rare “tampon disease,” toxic shock syndrome
Lucy Hicks • February 5, 2018
What we know, and still don’t, about tau proteins’ role in brain disease
Emiliano Rodríguez Mega • December 9, 2017
Neglected by the health care system, many immigrants are finding relief in medicinal herbs
Dan Robitzski • September 25, 2017
Here’s how a powerful breed of guard dogs turned into humanity’s cruelest genetics experiment
Dan Robitzski • September 21, 2017
It turns out that the best medicine is medicine
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.
Cici Zhang • June 26, 2017
A minority in many ways, Erica Walker is determined to find how urban noise affects human health
Dan Robitzski • June 21, 2017
Dr. Luca Guardabassi is finding new ways to weaken drug-resistant bacteria