Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Clusters of cancer cells get around by moving single file

    Clusters of cancer cells squeeze through thin blood vessels by aligning single file.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  2. Health & Medicine

    This week in Zika: Assessing risk, mosquito range, a transmission first and more

    Several new reports document Zika infection in U.S. pregnant women, a case of male sexual transmission, the range of Zika-carrying mosquitoes and more.

    By Meghan Rosen
  3. Life

    Having worms can be good for the gut

    Parasitic worms shift gut microbes and protect against bowel disease.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Health & Medicine

    Zika’s role as a cause of severe birth defects confirmed

    A new analysis from the Centers for Disease control and Prevention confirms that Zika virus infection causes microcephaly and other severe birth defects.

    By Meghan Rosen
  5. Neuroscience

    Spinal cord work-around reanimates paralyzed hand

    A neural prosthesis can bypass a severed spinal cord, allowing a paralyzed hand to once again move.

    By Laura Sanders
  6. Health & Medicine

    This week in Zika: New mouse model, virus vs. placenta, nerve insulation loss

    In three new papers, scientists present a tool for studying Zika, strike down a theory of infection and offer a broad look at what the virus does to the brain.

    By Meghan Rosen
  7. Health & Medicine

    A sugar can melt away cholesterol

    A sugar called cyclodextrin removes cholesterol from hardened arteries in mouse studies.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  8. Climate

    Science’s inconvenient (but interesting) uncertainties

    In the latest issue of Science News, Editor in Chief Eva Emerson talks climate change, mouth microbes, and synthetic life.

    By Eva Emerson
  9. Health & Medicine

    Gum disease opens up the body to a host of infections

    Researchers are getting to the root of gum disease's implications for other diseases.

    By Laura Beil
  10. Neuroscience

    Hippocampus makes maps of social space, too

    The hippocampus is a multitalented mapmaker.

    By Laura Sanders
  11. Health & Medicine

    Five things to know about Zika

    Last week, a public health poll pointed to some myths that have been circulating about Zika. Let’s bust them.

    By Helen Thompson
  12. Health & Medicine

    Global obesity rates continue to climb

    Despite public health campaigns, the worldwide prevalence of obesity is on the rise, an analysis of BMI data suggest.

    By Meghan Rosen