We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
The Teal Wand, an at-home HPV testing device that could replace a Pap smear, could broaden access to cervical cancer screening.
Placebo testing has been part of the process since the 1940s. It’s unclear what additional measures would achieve — but it may slow development.
A study in Uganda shows how often chimps use medicinal plants and other forms of health care — and what that says about the roots of human medicine.
It's not quite as bad as The Last of Us. But progress has been achingly slow in developing new antifungal vaccines and drugs.
In 2018, over 350,000 excess heart disease deaths were linked to phthalates. More research is needed to fully understand the chemicals' effects.
A revised age for a German site indicates that our evolutionary cousins organized horse ambushes around 200,000 years ago.
The unusual molecular makeup of Borrelia burgdorferi, which causes Lyme disease, may hold clues for understanding and treating the tick-borne disease.
News of NIH funding cuts have trickled out in recent months. A new study tallies what’s been terminated.
The drug varenicline, paired with counseling and text messaging support, helped teens and young adults abstain from vaping in a clinical trial.
