The Antibiotics Business Is Broken—But There’s a Fix
Last week, the biotech company Achaogen announced that it was filing for bankruptcy. That might not seem like much news: Businesses crash and burn all
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2019 Is Already a Record-Breaking Year for Measles, CDC Says
A sign explaining a recent state of emergency on display at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, New York on March 27, 2019.Photo: Seth
Emirati Woman Reportedly Regains Awareness After 27 Years in Minimally Conscious State
Stock photo: A PET scan machine being operated at Georgetown University Hospital in 2015.Photo: Evan Vucci (AP) A woman from the United Arab Emirates, Munira
Feds File Criminal Charges Against Opioid Distributor, Two Executives in First-of-Its-Kind Case
Former Rochester Drug Co-Operative CEO Laurence Doud III, right, leaving U.S. District Court in Manhattan with his attorney Robert C. Gottlieb, center, on April 23,
How to Quit Your Antidepressants
Photo: Joe Raedle (Getty Images) Antidepressants are weird drugs: they often take weeks to begin working, they don’t work for everybody, and in some cases
How Cyril Moukarzel Is Using DNA to Create the Future of Personalized Medicine
Imagine being able to customize drugs to your genes. His company is making it happen. April 23, 2019 7 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur
Crispr Gene Editing Is Coming for the Womb
William Peranteau is the guy parents call when they’ve received the kind of bad news that sinks stomachs and wrenches hearts. Sometimes it’s a shadow
Antivax Parents Sue Over Mandatory Vaccination Order in New York (Which Has a Major Measles Outbreak)
The MMR vaccine, stored at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, New York, on March 27, 2019.Photo: Seth Wenig (AP) A group of five
Crispr Gene Editing Could One Day Cut Away Human Pain
For Jo Cameron, it takes the sight of blood or the smell of her own flesh burning for her to know that something is very
Dogs Detect Seizures by Smelling Them, New Evidence Suggests
Photo: Alan Diaz (AP Images) Trained assistance dogs have shown that they can sniff out an assortment of diseases, but the canine ability to smell
A Scottish Woman Has Lived Her Whole Life Without Feeling Pain, Thought It Was Normal
FirePhoto: Don Harder (Flickr) During one Scottish woman’s lifetime, she has broken bones, burned her skin, and undergone surgery without feeling any pain—and she didn’t
Quitting Zyrtec May Lead to Intense Itching as a Withdrawal Symptom
Long-term users of the allergy medicine Zyrtec (cetirizine) sometimes report a rare but excruciating withdrawal syndrome with itching all over their body. Jessica Misener recently
Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
Clockwise from top left: Jim Cooke (Gizmodo); Getty; Elena Scotti (Shutterstock); Marvel Studios. The tech world found itself embroiled in another appalling controversy when a
Italy Begins to Enforce ‘No Vaccines, No School’ Policy After Deadline Expires
Anti-vaccination protesters readying for a bracing chant of “What do we want? Measles! When do we want it? Now!” in downtown Rome, 2017.Photo: Andrew Medichini
Can a Cannabis-Based Drug Help Treat Dementia?
An important new study out of the UK will test Sativex’s effectivieness on patients suffering from Alzheimer’s Diesease. March 5, 2019 3 min read Opinions