Health
Stop Developing Drugs for the Cancer That Killed My Mother
Funding drug development for rare cancers can hurt patients.
How World of Warcraft Might Help Head Off the Next Pandemic
Gamers are giving scientists insights into how people react to a plague.
At Death’s Door, He Was Put on Ice
How a new technology is resurrecting patients from what was once certain death.
A Deadly Virus Is Arrested in the Middle East
Halting a MERS pandemic may hold lessons for the Ebola crisis—until the next outbreak.
Take Two Sugar Pills and Call Me in the Morning
Genetic tests can predict when placebos may be the best medicine.
Is the World Making You Sick?
The chemicals in our everyday lives are, argues immunologist Claudia Miller.
If Trauma Victims Forget, What Is Lost to Society?
A pill to dampen memories stirs hope and worry.
Fruits and Vegetables Are Trying to Kill You
Antioxidant vitamins don’t stress us like plants do—and don’t have their beneficial effect.