The numbers for COVID-19 cases and deaths are changing rapidly. The following charts only provide an approximation of the current situation. Last updated June 26.
Several years ago, Richard Neher, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Basel in Switzerland, and his colleagues wanted to monitor changes to the flu’s
For years, scientists have predicted that 3-D printing—which has been used it to make toys, homes, scientific tools and even a plastic bunny that contained
A 34-year-old woman has given birth thanks to a new fertility procedure that involved collecting, maturing, and freezing some of her eggs five years earlier.
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported on February 20 that the novel coronavirus illness known as COVID-19 has now infected nearly 75,000
According to a February 11 report from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the coronavirus known as 2019-nCoV has infected more than 42,000
Immune cells altered by CRISPR are safe to use in cancer patients, according to results of a clinical trial reported today (February 6) in Science.
Cytokine release syndrome, a side effect of an immunotherapy used to treat leukemia and lymphoma, appears to be caused by the way the intervention kills
As of today (January 23), 18 people have died from a newly identified coronavirus, and more than 630 have been infected. Airports are screening passengers
Researchers at the University of Washington have discovered a novel DNA-sensing pathway that launches an antiviral response to foreign genetic material in human cells. Triggered
About four years ago, pathologist Matthew Anderson was examining slices of postmortem brain tissue from an individual with autism under a microscope when he noticed
A mysterious new type of pneumonia linked to a seafood market in Wuhan, China, is caused by a novel coronavirus, Chinese state media reported today
To stem a growing polio crisis, health officials are accelerating the development of a new oral vaccine with plans for emergency approval and deployment in
The US Food and Drug Administration approved a Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug yesterday (December 13) that it had originally rejected in August, reports STAT. The
Trophoblasts, cells present during development in the fetus and placenta that also circulate in a pregnant woman’s bloodstream, could potentially be used for noninvasive prenatal
Earlier this year, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the most expensive drug ever to hit the market, a gene therapy for spinal muscular
The anesthetic drug ketamine could be used to rewire heavy drinkers’ memories and help them cut down on alcohol consumption, according to a study published
A measles outbreak in Samoa has killed 53 people since late October, including 50 children, the Samoan government reported today (December 2). Samoan Prime Minister
When Biogen and its partner Eisai announced in March that they’d halted two simultaneous Phase 3 clinical trials on an Alzheimer’s drug based on disappointing
Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, and Angola have experienced nine new cases of polio caused by the live virus in oral polio
An antiflu medication first approved in Japan in 2018 and given the green light later that year in the US may be fostering the emergence
The first patients in each of two early-stage clinical trials testing CRISPR-based treatments for inherited blood disorders have been symptom free for several months with
Doctors have begun a clinical trial to test whether chilling patients’ bodies down to 10–15 °Celsius from their normal temp of 37 °C using a
Mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria and released into the wild are associated with a sharp decrease in dengue fever infections in humans, scientists reported Thursday
A clinical trial of a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy has been halted after a patient suffered serious side effects following treatment, Reuters reports
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