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Health & Medicine

  1. woman in bed with arms outstretched as the morning sun shines through the window behind her
    Health & Medicine

     Why daylight saving time just isn’t healthy, according to science

    Shifting daylight from morning to evening puts our bodies and brains out of sync with our clocks, leading to a host of potential health issues.
    By Meghan Rosen
  2. Four people with masks on, stand behind a roulette table
    Health & Medicine

     DNA is providing new clues to why COVID-19 hits people differently

    Age, general health and vaccinations can affect how sick people get with COVID-19. So can genes. Here are new hints of what’s going on in our DNA.
    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. A photo of 16 month old Ayla Bashir sitting in her mothers lap
    Health & Medicine

     This child was treated for a rare genetic disease while still in the womb

    Babies born with infantile-onset Pompe disease typically have enlarged hearts and weak muscles. But 1-year-old Ayla has a normal heart and walks.
    By Erin Garcia de Jesús
  4. A photo of a researcher looking at a clear petri dish with blue dots on it.
    Health & Medicine

     Here’s how mysterious last-resort antibiotics kill bacteria

    Scientists are finally getting a grip on how a class of last-resort antibiotics works — the drugs kill bacteria by crystallizing their membranes.
    By Elise Cutts
  5. A man lays on a bed looking at a gray cat next to him on the bed.
    Health & Medicine

     Cat allergies may be tamed by adding an asthma therapy to allergy shots

    Adding an antibody already used to treat asthma to standard allergy shots improved cat allergy symptoms for a least a year, a small study finds.
    By Tina Hesman Saey
  6. man holding beer
    Health & Medicine

    The U.S.’s alcohol-induced death rate rose sharply in the pandemic’s first year

    Studies suggested cases of alcoholic liver disease rose in the first pandemic year, and new data show the death rate from alcohol use climbed too.
    By Aimee Cunningham
  7. Four patients line up at a desk in Mount Sinai's Center for Post-COVID Care
    Health & Medicine

    Where are the long COVID clinics?

    For people with long COVID, finding a place to get appropriate medical care is a challenge.
    By Betsy Ladyzhets
  8. A close up photo of a mosquito drawing blood from a human
    Health & Medicine

     A major malaria outbreak in Ethiopia came from an invasive Asian mosquito

    Malaria may become a much bigger problem in Africa’s cities if the invasive mosquito continues to spread.
    By Jake Buehler
  9. Electron micrograph of a macrophage
    Health & Medicine

    Need a fall read? ‘The Song of the Cell’ offers tales from biology and history

    Siddhartha Mukherjee’s new book, The Song of the Cell, explores the world of cell biology through the lens of scientists, doctors and patients.

    By Meghan Rosen
  10. Illustration of SARS-CoV-2 being pulled by a running man
    Health & Medicine

     What is long COVID and who’s at risk? This NIH project may find out

    Scientists with the National Institutes of Health’s RECOVER project are working to define long COVID and figure out who’s at risk of developing it.
    By Meghan Rosen
  11. a person lying on a hospital bed with two medical professionals standing over them with various medical equipment
    Health & Medicine

     A study questioning colonoscopy screening’s benefits has big caveats

    The study included a lot of people who were invited to get the procedure but didn’t. That’s one limitation of several.
    By Aimee Cunningham
  12. archaeologists excavating graves of plague victims at a London cemetery
    Genetics

     Black Death immunity came at a cost to modern-day health

    A genetic variant that boosts Crohn’s disease risk may have helped people survive the 14th century bubonic plague known as the Black Death.
    By Wynne Parry