Journalism

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He Lost His Sense of Touch in a Spinal Cord Injury. New Brain Implants Helped Restore It

August 31, 2026

Scientists cured Sickle Cell

June 30, 2026

A small jar of marijuana is shown at Tropicanna Dispensary and Weed Delivery in Santa Ana, Calif., Thursday, April 23, 2026.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

When Healthcare Meets the Law: Abortion, Marijuana and Corporate Medicine

June 5, 2026

Ben Lamm Might Just Save the World

November 4, 2025

A person pushes a cart of their belongings through a homeless encampment on Sept. 23, 2021, in Los Angeles. Addressing homelessness has been a top issue in the L.A. mayoral race. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

LA Mayoral Hopefuls Agree Addressing Homelessness Is Crucial but Disagree on How

April 28, 2022

In California Nursing Homes, Omicron Is Bad, but So Is the Isolation

January 8, 2022

A woman gets a shot at a physician's office where people can receive both the COVID-19 and flu vaccines. Photograph by Vyacheslav Prokofye, TASS via GettY Images

Is a ‘twindemic’ of flu and COVID-19 about to hit the U.S.?

October 13, 2021

What we know about the super-rare blood clots linked to the J&J vaccine

April 14, 2021

How a Deadly Fire Gave Birth to Modern Medicine

April 9, 2021

A health worker screens visitors for COVID-19 symptoms at the Tembisa Hospital in Tembisa, South Africa. Photograph by Guillem Sartorio, AFP via Getty Images.

Why we need booster shots against variants to help end the pandemic

April 7, 2021

Kidney transplant patient Robert Waddell, center, with his wife and children after being off immunosuppresants; photo aken last summer in Perdido Key, FL. Left to right: Christian, Bailey, Rob, Karen (wife), Robby and Casey. Photo courtesy Rob Waddell

New Hope for Organ Transplantation: Life Without Anti-Rejection Drugs

January 27, 2021

Doctors Wanted

August 16, 2019

A looming physician shortfall – of up to 120,000 doctors by 2030 – has hospitals compensating...

The Fight to Lower Prescription Drug Costs

May 1, 2019

Policy Makers and Companies Should Start Here to Reduce Medicine Costs for All Americans

Alzheimer’s Under Attack

December 1, 2018

Big Pharma has spent tens of millions of dollars searching for a drug to halt...

What it takes to reach 100

October 23, 2016

The secrets to staying young may lie in the DNA of the oldest among us.