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

Mariana Lenharo and Nature magazine

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

Emily Mendenhall and Kenton Kaplan | Opinion

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

Emily Sohn

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

Starre Vartan

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

Tanya Lewis