Medicine

Drug policy continues to fixate on symptoms rather than the actual disease

False cures and dangerous misinformation, from the misguided to the exploitative, surround cancer patients, with the capacity to do serious harm

Gene-cutting diagnostic tests could be as easy as a rapid COVID test and as accurate as PCR

The Hubble Space Telescope’s woes, moon rocks and antibiotic candidates discovered with AI are all in this week’s news roundup.

Blood pressure guidelines are the same for men and women despite important sex differences in hypertension risk

A technology meant to help severely premature infants raises questions of inequity and may someday threaten parents’ rights to make decisions

A new study shows that hundreds of thousands more Black people in the U.S. would qualify for a lung disease diagnosis and disability payments if lung-function measurements weren’t adjusted for race

Queer people’s behavior squashed the U.S. mpox outbreak in 2022. We shouldn’t have to rely on that to stop future outbreaks here or abroad

The cost of new gene-based sickle cell treatments isn’t the only barrier to access. Coming up with new ways to treat the whole disease—and person—could make treatment more equitable

Puzzling Havana Syndrome injuries that have afflicted U.S. diplomats may have a more complicated explanation than solely pulsed microwaves or mass psychology

We face a moment of opportunity—and competition—in bringing digital twin technology to patients

WHO now admits the COVID virus and other germs spread “through the air.” This plain language may help improve research and action to fight disease