Why Kevin Durant’s Achilles Tendon Was His Achilles Heel
You can watch Kevin Durant’s Achilles tendon rupture in gif form, if you want. It’s all over the internet—the Golden State Warriors’ scoring machine bounces
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CDC Says Measles Cases in U.S. Have Now Reached Over 1,000 So Far in 2019
The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, seen at a pediatrics clinic in Greenbrae, California in 2015.Photo: Eric Risberg (AP) The Centers for Disease Control
Five Years After Surgery, Face Transplant Recipients Experience Significant Improvements
Facial transplant surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Image: Brigham and Women’s Hospital A five-year follow-up of six face transplant patients has found
Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
Clockwise from top left: Elena Scotti/Gizmodo/Getty Images; Drew Angerer (Getty); SpaghettiOs; AP. It’s been a busy week for our friends at Facebook: Amid showing a
HIV Treatment Can Keep You From Infecting Your Partner
Photo: Jonathan Pow / Barcroft Images / Barcroft Media (Getty Images) If you have HIV, but your viral load tests show that the virus is
Entrepreneurs Gather To Give Cancer Patients a Taste of Hope
Jessica Abo sits down with Mark D. Friedman to discuss The American Cancer Society’s 14th Annual Taste of Hope event. May 3, 2019 2 min
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
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