Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Finally, a plan on how to include pregnant women in clinical trials

    The FDA is providing initial guidance on how to include pregnant women in clinical trials that study drugs, research that has largely excluded this group in the past.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Health & Medicine

    Hurricane Maria killed at least 4,645 people in Puerto Rico, a study estimates

    Researchers estimate Puerto Rico’s death toll from Hurricane Maria at more than 4,500 people based on household surveys — dwarfing the official count of 64.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  3. Health & Medicine

    Keeping people within U.S. blood pressure guidelines saves lives

    Big reductions in heart attacks, strokes and deaths may be possible under 2017 blood pressure guidelines.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  4. Health & Medicine

    Even in the shade, a car’s interior can get lethally hot

    A car’s interior can get lethally hot on summer days, even when it’s parked in the shade.

    By Maria Temming
  5. Health & Medicine

    Here’s what we know about the deadly Nipah virus

    The deadly and rare Nipah virus has killed at least 11 people in southern India, causing concern among epidemiologists.

    By Maanvi Singh
  6. Genetics

    What genetic tests from 23andMe, Veritas and Genos really told me about my health

    A Science News reporter tried out three consumer genetic testing companies to see what people really learn about their health.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  7. Health & Medicine

    Black children commit suicide at twice the rate of white kids

    The suicide rates for young black kids are higher than those of their white counterparts, a pattern that flips in older kids, researchers find.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  8. Health & Medicine

    Ebola vaccinations begin in Congo

    A vaccination campaign is up and running to fight the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Congo. It’s the first of its kind.

    By Helen Thompson
  9. Health & Medicine

    What we know about the Ebola outbreak, and the vaccine that might help

    Even as an experimental vaccine arrives in Congo to contain the virus, there are worrisome signs Ebola has spread to a city.

    By Helen Thompson
  10. Health & Medicine

    To regulate fecal transplants, FDA has to first answer a serious question: What is poop?

    Fecal transplants are the treatment of the future for some conditions. But right now, they are entirely unregulated. Here’s why putting regulations in place is so complex.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  11. Health & Medicine

    The CDC advises: Don’t swallow the water in a hotel swimming pool

    In a 15-year period, hotel swimming pools and water parks had the highest number of swimming-related disease outbreaks in the United States.

    By Kyle Plantz
  12. Life

    Your blood type might make you more likely to get traveler’s diarrhea

    People with type A blood are more likely to develop severe diarrhea from E. coli infections.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg