Medicine

Hormone therapy for menopause might be made safer by taking statins at the same time, a study hints.

An early study in monkeys suggests that an antibody therapy could prevent fentanyl overdose.

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.