While the Netherlands was in lockdown because of the coronavirus, Ph.D. candidate Koen Rijpkema began his research into the same virus. In the lab, he developed molecules that can inhibit an important ...

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Rocket Lab has signed its biggest launch contract to date, raking in $190 million from the U.S. Department of Defense. The deal is for a total of 20 flights of Rocket Lab's HASTE (Hypersonic ...

Donut Lab has released a second set of independent test results for its controversial solid-state battery — this time proving the cell can discharge at extreme temperatures up to 100°C and actually ...

Bonsack is a patient advocate based in Moab, Utah. In the midst of a health crisis a few years ago, doctors repeatedly checked my thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), revealing an odd pattern: My test ...

Pritelivir, a new oral therapy, was significantly more effective against herpes simplex virus (HSV) than a comparator treatment for immunocompromised patients with refractory infections, based on data ...

Officials in California criticized the federal response to a bio lab found in a Fresno County suburb after a similar setup was found at a home in Las Vegas over the weekend. The California lab was ...

Experts watched the viral White House video about Iran — their conclusions are telling The final voyage of the Iranian warship sunk by the US There's a toxic new dating trend called 'ghostlighting.' ...

A critical limitation of conventional laboratory reporting is the reliance on population-based reference intervals that are typically based on data from the central 95% of a healthy population.

The Bay Area has now recorded two measles cases since late last year — an early test of whether one of the nation’s most highly vaccinated regions can keep the virus from gaining ground as the United ...

Mohana Ravindranath is a freelance health, science, and tech journalist and a 2025 Association for Health Care Journalists fellow. She was previously a Bay Area health tech correspondent for STAT.