public health

The new science of personalized vaccines

How does laser eye surgery work?

The dangers of mixing drugs

How to 3D print human tissue

How motivation can fix public systems

The urgent case for antibiotic-free animals

How do viruses jump from animals to humans?

Ancient Rome's most notorious doctor

What is HPV and how can you protect yourself from it?

Your body vs. implants

Underwater farms vs. climate change

How close are we to eradicating HIV?

How light technology is changing medicine

How this disease changes the shape of your cells

How synthetic biology could wipe out humanity -- and how we can stop it

Parasitic worms hold back human progress. Here's how we can end them

The past, present and future of nicotine addiction

Why do hospitals have particle accelerators?

What if all US health care costs were transparent?

In the opioid crisis, here's what it takes to save a life

Why is meningitis so dangerous?

What you should know about vaping and e-cigarettes

What the US health care system assumes about you

What vaccinating vampire bats can teach us about pandemics

What causes heartburn?

How rollercoasters affect your body

The fascinating science of phantom limbs

How do cigarettes affect the body?

What Americans agree on when it comes to health

A new way to fund health care for the most vulnerable

Why the hospital of the future will be your own home

How doctors can help low-income patients (and still make a profit)

What causes insomnia?

What is dust made of?

What causes constipation?

How do we study living brains?