Medicine

The FDA approved two new therapies for sickle-cell disease, including the world's first-ever approved CRISPR therapy.

The announcement comes after the FDA became aware of more than 40 cases of "DRESS syndrome" linked to the seizure medications levetiracetam and clobazam.

A new vaccine, so far tested only in mice, broadly activates the immune system against a wide array of bacteria and fungi.

An early trial hints that psilocybin could be a safe and effective treatment for depressive episodes in bipolar II disorder and should be studied further.

Trans and gender-diverse people people who take testosterone face a risk of blood thickening, but the largest study to date in the U.S. suggests that this side effect is rare.

Using a CRISPR-guided technique called "base editing," scientists edited the genes of liver cells in 10 people's bodies.

There's now an FDA-approved vaccine for chikungunya, a mosquito-spread virus that can cause fever, severe joint pain, and rarely, death.

A study found that many common antibiotics were less than 50% effective at treating serious bacterial infections in children and newborn babies in the Asia-Pacific.

Scientists say they've discovered CBD in a shrub that belongs to the same family as cannabis, although they've yet to publish the research.

A new tool may be able to predict the effectiveness of herbs used in traditional Chinese medicines — but what do experts think of its assessments?