Achieve Life Sciences gains FDA acceptance for cytisinicline, a promising new drug for smoking cessation, showing significant abstinence rates in trials.

The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review has identified five drugs — Biktarvy, Darzalex, Entresto, Cabometyx, and Xeljanz — with prices increases that are not supported by new clinical evidence,...

Less than a month after four towering dams on the Klamath River were demolished, hundreds of salmon made it into waters they have been cut off from for decades to spawn in cool creeks.

The FDA approved a new medicine from BridgeBio for patients with ATTR-CM, a progressive heart disease

Scientific Reports - Knowledge, attitudes, and concerns about psilocybin and MDMA as novel therapies among U.S. healthcare professionals

People with multiple sclerosis (MS) often stop taking disease-modifying therapy as they transition from relapsing-remitting MS to secondary progressive MS. This study shows that people who stop stop…

Google Scholar celebrates two decades of breaking down barriers to academic research and making it accessible to everyone, everywhere.

A hotspot for bird migration, this region has now found success in reducing avian deaths, simply by turning off the lights.

By unearthing microbes and fungi, these rodents helped save an ecosystem almost decimated by the eruption of Mount St. Helens.

"Every state legislator can now look to Washington and say, ‘This is a winning issue,’” Governor Jay Inslee told Grist.

The treatment, given to four people with damaged corneas, seems safe but needs to be tested in larger trials.

The death rate for Marburg virus can be as high as 90%. There are no approved vaccines and treatments. So how did Rwanda achieve what one doctor calls an "unprecedented" success in controlling its…

These hardy, drought-resistant and nutritious grains disappeared from fields in the 1960s. Now, the country is working to revive them.

Women are still underrepresented in medical research. But thanks to trailblazers like cardiologist Marianne Legato and patient advocate Carolyn Thomas, that's starting to change.

Antonia, a cloned black-footed ferret at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, has produced two healthy offspring that will help build genetic diversity in their recoverin...

Mucosal damage — an erosion, break or sore in the mucous lining of the GI tract — was associated with a 76 percent greater risk of developing Parkinson’s.

Many physicians say they receive little training about menopause, which all women experience around mid-life.

The New Nets Project, an initiative funded by Unitaid and the Global Fund and led by the Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC), piloted the use of dual-insecticide in malaria-endemic countries b...

Exclusive: MSF calls for transparency after its bill for a trial of TB treatment came to a fraction of the billions claimed by pharmaceutical companies

These women are fighting to take back their land.

Nearly every modern cellphone has a built-in compass, or magnetometer, that detects the direction of Earth’s magnetic field, providing critical information f

Revised policy says grant recipients must share manuscripts as preprints — and removes support for article-processing charges. Revised policy says grant recipients must share manuscripts as preprints ...

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals will withdraw its amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) drug - its only product in the market - from the U.S. and Canada after the treatment failed in a key late-stage trial.

Only seven states have legalized human composting as a burial practice. That's why 29 percent of the bodies brought to Recompose, a composting facility in Seattle, come from out of state.

10,660 liver transplants, the most ever in a year.

Stay-at-home orders, border closures, mask-wearing and other measures aimed at stemming Covid-19’s spread led to the global disappearance of a notorious winter germ. Now, scientists say it might be fe...

Despite the “overall progress in reducing breast cancer mortality, reductions have not been equally distributed across all patient populations,” a journal editorial noted.

The disease once guaranteed an early death—but a new treatment has given many patients a chance to live decades longer than expected. What do they do now?

A yearlong STAT investigation shows that virtually every sector of American society is obstructing the use of medications that could prevent tens of thousands of overdose deaths.

Now, more than ever, we need trustworthy science that is grounded in rigorous methods, and science communication that is balanced and accurate.

Reductions correlated with long-term cardiovascular health improvements in NIH-funded study.

A new CDC report shows Lyme disease cases rose by 69% in 2022 over previous years. It's likely due to a new way of doing surveillance.

At last, progress is being made on a condition that affects one woman in ten

Microbes that rapidly convert CO2 to rock could lock away the greenhouse gas in deep underground storage sites, such as depleted oil and gas reservoirs

Scientists at King's College London have developed an innovative solution for recycling single-use bioplastics commonly used in disposable items such as coffee cups and food containers.

Environment agency says it is taking a 'precautionary approach' to PFAS in nail polish, shaving cream, foundation, lipstick and mascara

Birds like the Cooper’s Hawk, Wilson’s Snipe, and Lincoln’s Sparrow are up for renaming.

First dog dosed in clinical study designed to demonstrate healthspan and lifespan extension in 1,000 senior dogs

Philanthropist Nicole Shanahan is spending $100mn to find answers to fundamental questions about ovaries

Post-mortem molecular analysis can reveal hereditary cardiac pathologies that explain a sudden death without apparent cause and help prevent others

Geneva, 16 January 2024 — Globally there are 1.25 billion adult tobacco users, according to the latest estimates in the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report out today. Trends in 202...