Loading… This year’s severe flu season is still pummeling the country from coast to coast. The respiratory illness appears to be unusually…
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FDA Panel Gives Qualified Support To Claims For ‘Safer’ Smoking Device
by Rob Stein January 25, 2018Enlarge this image Philip Morris’ iQOS device heats tobacco but stops short of burning it, an approach the company says reduces exposure…
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Chinese Scientists Clone Monkeys Using Method That Created Dolly The Sheep
by Rob Stein January 24, 2018Enlarge this image Zhong Zhong (left) and Hua Hua are the first primate clones made by somatic cell nuclear transfer, the same…
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Enlarge this image Flu patient Donnie Cardenas waits in an emergency room hallway with roommate Torrey Jewett at the Palomar Medical Center…
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Enlarge this image Life expectancy in the U.S. has fallen for the second straight year, in part because of the surge of…
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Scientists Use Gene Editing To Prevent A Form Of Deafness In Mice
by Rob Stein December 20, 2017Enlarge this image SPL/Science Source SPL/Science Source Scientists have now edited genes inside mice to prevent a form of inherited deafness. While…
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Enlarge this image This Food and Drug Administration approved Luxturna, a gene therapy developed by Spark Therapeutics, to treat an inherited form…
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Food And Drug Administration Plans Crackdown On Risky Homeopathic Remedies
by Rob Stein December 18, 2017Enlarge this image The Food and Drug Administration plans to take action against risky homeopathic remedies under a policy unveiled Monday. Alexander…