Ebola experimental vaccine trial may begin soon in Uganda
A clinical trial of one or perhaps two experimental vaccines designed to protect against the Ebola Sudan virus could soon begin in Uganda, as long as the country agrees to allow …
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Her mother’s abortion was required under China’s one-child policy. Her own would be illegal under Tennessee’s post-Roe ban
This is part of a series of snapshots from post-Roe America. It started as a joke. Jen was early in her first pregnancy, sitting with her husband after lunch. You …
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FDA proposes new rules for which foods can be called ‘healthy’
The Food and Drug Administration wants to update its rules for which foods can be branded “healthy.” The proposed label rule aims, in part, to address a question as old …
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Early analysis suggests monkeypox vaccine is reducing risk of infection in U.S.
A very preliminary analysis of data from 32 states appears to suggest that the monkeypox vaccine being used in the United States is reducing the risk of infection among vaccinated …
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An Alzheimer’s therapy scores winning results, but what could it mean for patients?
The news Tuesday night that a clinical trial of an experimental Alzheimer’s therapy had succeeded hit like a blast — at last, a rare win in a disease devastating nearly …
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Where caregiving is a family affair, Alzheimer’s places a heavy burden on children and spouses
HARLINGEN, Texas — Here in the Rio Grande Valley almost everyone knows, or cares for, someone with dementia. It’s not a surprise. The region has some of the nation’s highest …
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On the Texas-Mexico border, a bold plan to diversify Alzheimer’s research takes shape
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Gladys Maestre is on a scouting mission. The Alzheimer’s disease researcher is driving through Southmost, a Mexican American neighborhood just north of looming sections of the border …
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New study sees possible link between aluminum in childhood vaccines and risk of asthma, but caveats abound
A new study suggests there may be a link between aluminum used in vaccines that are given to young children in the first two years of life and the risk …
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‘It is sinking us even further’: STI clinics, already stretched thin, strain under weight of monkeypox response
At the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s sexual health clinic, patients are normally seen within 24 hours. Recently, amid the monkeypox outbreak, it’s been a five-day wait. At Open Door Health, …
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