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First Personalized CRISPR Treatment Gives Baby New Lease on Life
May 16, 2025
A CRISPR treatment seems to have been effective for a baby’s devastating disease, but it is not clear whether such bespoke therapies can be widely applied
Loneliness Is Inflaming Our Bodies—And Our Politics
May 16, 2025
Medical research shows that social isolation is a serious chronic stressor. You can say something similar about its impact on our political system
RFK, Jr. Is Completely Wrong about Autism, Say Scientists and Parents
May 16, 2025
A coalition of autism scientists has formed to counter RFK, Jr.’s misrepresentations of science and of autism spectrum disorder
The End of the Universe May Arrive Surprisingly Soon
May 16, 2025
A new study suggests the universe's end could occur much sooner than previously thought. But don't worry, that ultimate cosmic conclusion would still be in the unimaginably distant future
How Measles, Polio and Other Eliminated Diseases Could Roar Back If U.S. Vaccination Rates Fall
May 16, 2025
As U.S. childhood vaccination rates sway on a “knife’s edge,” new 25-year projections reveal how slight changes in national immunization could improve—or drastically reverse—the prevalence of measles, polio, rubella and diphtheria