Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    There’s more than one way to persuade people to vaccinate

    Fear, facts and attitude are all strategies for promoting immunization

    By Bethany Brookshire
  2. Health & Medicine

    New HPV shot fends off more types of the virus

    A new vaccine that covers more strains of the human papillomavirus protects better against cervical and other cancers.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Genetics

    Ebola virus evolution tracked by genetic data

    Analysis of Ebola genomes shows how the virus has evolved and some of the mutations that may thwart treatments.

    By Ashley Yeager
  4. Health & Medicine

    E-cigarettes may be gateway to addiction for teens

    Teenagers are using e-cigarettes more than any other tobacco product and for many, it’s the first time they’ve tried a tobacco product at all.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  5. Health & Medicine

    Stoplights are hot spots for airborne pollution

    Drivers get a big chunk of their exposure to pollutants from short stops at traffic intersections.

    By Kate Baggaley
  6. Health & Medicine

    U.S. measles tally for 2015 now at 121 cases

    The 2014–2015 measles outbreak in the United States has now reached people in 17 states and the District of Columbia.

    By Nathan Seppa
  7. Health & Medicine

    Glowing amino acid lights up growing brain cancer

    By adding a tracer compound that sticks to the amino acid glutamine, researchers may be able to discern and monitor cancerous tissues in the brain.

    By Nathan Seppa
  8. Psychology

    Adults with autism are left to navigate a jarring world

    Researchers are beginning to study ways to help adults with autism navigate independently, get jobs and find friendship.

    By Siri Carpenter
  9. Health & Medicine

    Bouncing back from giving blood can take months

    Taking iron supplements after donating blood can dramatically reduce the time it takes to recover iron levels in the blood, a study finds.

    By Nathan Seppa
  10. Health & Medicine

    Fallout from nuclear bomb testing presaged today’s radioactive tracers

    Scientists in 1965 measured buildup of radioactive carbon from nuclear bomb testing in people.

    By Kate Baggaley
  11. Health & Medicine

    Signs of sleep debt found in the blood

    When rats and people skimp on sleep, fats and acids involved in metabolism dwindle.

    By Kate Baggaley
  12. Neuroscience

    Shots of brain cells restore learning, memory in rats

    Scientists healed damage caused to rats’ brains from radiation by injecting cells that replenish the insulation on neurons.

    By Kate Baggaley