Sex & Gender
These Leaders Are Standing up for Transgender Care
Legislators, families and advocates are fighting to protect access to gender-affirming care for transgender youth and adults nationwide
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Public Health
The Jackson Water Crisis Didn’t Need to Happen
Academics can do more to help disadvantaged communities in the U.S.
Health Care
More Hospitals Are Creating Police Forces
Criminalizing patients could have adverse consequences, experts warn
Genetic Engineering
First U.K. Children Are Born Using DNA from Three ‘Parents’
The U.K.’s fertility regulator reveals that at least one child has been born using mitochondrial replacement therapy, but the procedure’s effectiveness remains to be seen...
Pharmaceuticals
Birth Control Pill Gets Strong Endorsement for Over-the-Counter Access
U.S. Food and Drug advisers show unanimous support to approve the use of the birth control medication Opill without a prescription
Medicine
The ‘Brain Fog’ of Long COVID Is a Serious Medical Issue That Needs More Attention
Brain fog is such a nebulous term in long COVID that it delegitimizes efforts to get disability accommodations and medical leave
Epidemiology
What Is Causing So Much Pink Eye?
The newest SARS-CoV-2 strain may cause red, watery eyes. But the symptom can have other causes, too
Public Health
Astronomy Tool Can Now Detect COVID in Breath
Laser-based optical frequency combs, originally developed to time atomic clocks, can also perform fast, noninvasive tests for COVID—and potentially other diseases as well
Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Initial Trial
An mRNA vaccine prevented tumor recurrence after surgery in eight of 16 patients, but the therapy still needs to be validated in larger trials
Reproduction
A 19th-Century Obscenity Law Is Being Used Again to Limit Abortion
Recent rulings on the abortion pill cite the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old law that’s still on the books
