Articles by

Emily Mullin

RFK Jr.’s Health Department Is Pondering a National Men’s Health Initiative

The US Department of Health and Human Services is considering launching a federal men’s health initiative, a...

Many States Say They’ll Defy RFK Jr.’s Changes to Hepatitis B Vaccination

Most Democratic-led states say they will continue to universally recommend and administer the hepatitis B vaccine at...

A Fentanyl Vaccine Is About to Get Its First Major Test

Just a tiny amount of fentanyl, the equivalent of a few grains of sand, is enough to...

Paradromics Gets FDA Approval to Trial Its Brain Implant in People

Brain implant developer Paradromics has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to test its...

Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound Is Being Tested as a Treatment for Long Covid

Obesity wonder drugs Wegovy and Zepbound are already showing that they can reduce the risk of cardiovascular...

A Gene Editing Therapy Cut Cholesterol Levels by Half

In a step toward the wider use of gene editing, a treatment that uses Crispr successfully slashed...

A New Startup Wants to Edit Human Embryos

In 2018, Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world when he revealed that he had created the...

Man Has Pig Kidney Removed After Living With It for a Record 9 Months

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have removed a genetically engineered pig kidney from a 67-year-old New Hampshire...