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The Biogen Inc., headquarters is shown March 11, 2020, in Cambridge, Mass. Shares of Biogen and other drugmakers researching Alzheimerâs disease soared early Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, after Japanâs Eisai Co. said its potential treatment appeared to slow the fatal diseaseâs progress in a late-stage study. Eisai announced results late Tuesday from a global study of nearly 1,800 people with early-stage Alzheimerâs.

Experimental Alzheimer’s drug slows cognitive decline in late-stage study

Abigail Adcox · September 28, 2022 3:59 pm

A Jackson, Miss., resident receives a Pfizer booster shot from a nurse at a vaccination site Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. In August 2022, Pfizer and Moderna both asked U.S. regulators to authorize modified versions of their booster vaccine â shots that are half the original recipe and half protection against BA.4 and BA.5, the newest subtypes of the coronavirus omicron variant.

COVID-19 vaccination can change timing of periods, large NIH-backed study finds

Abigail Adcox · September 27, 2022 5:25 pm

A Jackson, Miss., resident receives a Pfizer booster shot from a nurse at a vaccination site Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. In August 2022, Pfizer and Moderna both asked U.S. regulators to authorize modified versions of their booster vaccine â shots that are half the original recipe and half protection against BA.4 and BA.5, the newest subtypes of the coronavirus omicron variant.

Effect of omicron-specific boosters ‘remains to be seen,’ vaccine experts say

Abigail Adcox · August 29, 2022 11:00 am

LISTEN: NASA shares sound of black hole

Heather Hamilton · August 22, 2022 2:43 pm

A worker reaches to swab a woman's throat for a COVID-19 test at a coronavirus testing facility in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.

COVID-19 linked to higher risk of brain fog and dementia: Study

Abigail Adcox · August 18, 2022 9:27 pm

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New zoonotic virus found to have infected dozens in China

Abigail Adcox · August 10, 2022 3:54 pm

NASA's Perseverance rover is shown here collecting a rock from the surface of Mars. NASA announced it will launch two more mini helicopters to Mars in its effort to recover Martian rocks and soil samples and bring them to Earth.

NASA to launch helicopters to help return rock samples from Mars

Heather Hamilton · July 28, 2022 3:11 pm

Deep-sea researchers find unexplained line of holes on ocean floor

Brady Knox · July 26, 2022 3:25 pm

A man allegedly threatened in online posts to shoot up at least one Seattle-area mosque. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Seattle could face tsunami waves with major earthquake: Study

Heather Hamilton · July 13, 2022 6:02 pm

SEE IT: Heaviest Burmese python captured in Florida at 215 pounds

SEE IT: Heaviest Burmese python captured in Florida at 215 pounds

Heather Hamilton · June 23, 2022 12:00 am

Don’t let violence silence science

Don’t let violence silence science

Dan Hannan · June 20, 2022 12:00 am

ALS patients agitated by FDA actions on first promising treatment in five years

ALS patients agitated by FDA actions on first promising treatment in five years

Cassidy Morrison · June 9, 2022 12:00 am