Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Uncommon malaria spreading in Malaysia

    Malaria parasite’s jump from monkeys to people seems aided by deforestation in Malaysia.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Materials Science

    Batteries become safe to swallow with spongy covering

    Quantum-inspired coating switches from a conductor to an insulator to prevent injury from swallowed batteries.

    By Beth Mole
  3. Health & Medicine

    Snakebite test correctly IDs attackers in Nepal

    A new test that swabs for traces of snake DNA around bite marks can identify the guilty serpent and may improve treatments.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Genetics

    Genes influence Ebola’s impact

    A study in a diverse strain of mice shows how the effect of an Ebola infection can depend on genes.

    By Meghan Rosen
  5. Health & Medicine

    Mushroom extract might eradicate HPV infection

    In a small trial, a nutritional supplement derived from shiitake mushrooms wiped out dormant human papillomavirus infections.

    By Nathan Seppa
  6. Health & Medicine

    Dengue vaccine offers partial protection

    Shots reduce severe cases of dengue among children in large study in Latin America.

    By Nathan Seppa
  7. Health & Medicine

    Increase in Denmark’s autism diagnoses caused by reporting changes

    Changes in how autism is detected and recorded explain 60 percent of the recent increase in diagnoses, a Danish study finds.

    By Kate Baggaley
  8. Health & Medicine

    Moms are more likely than dads to chat with newborns

    Even when fathers are around, mothers tend to talk to their babies more and respond to infants’ vocalizations.

    By Laura Sanders
  9. Chemistry

    Chemist tackles complex problems with simplicity

    Harvard chemist George Whitesides applies his unique problem-solving philosophy to creating new diagnostic devices for the developing world.

    By Sam Lemonick
  10. Health & Medicine

    Mini stomachs grown in lab

    Clumps of human gastric cells could help researchers study stomach diseases.

    By Meghan Rosen
  11. Health & Medicine

    Heavy milk drinking may double women’s mortality rates

    In a study of 60,000 Swedes, drinking three or more classes of milk a day was associated with higher chances of death, cancer and hip fractures.

    By Nathan Seppa
  12. Health & Medicine

    Harmless bacterium edges out intestinal germ

    Researchers treated C. difficile infections in mice with a closely related bacteria that blocks C. difficile growth.

    By Kate Baggaley