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Earlier this year, AveXis introduced Zolgensma, a gene therapy treatment for spinal muscular atrophy in young children. However, the company informed the US Food and Drug Administration of data manipulation that created inaccuracies in their experiments a month after the treatment—and the $2.1…

The number of polio paralysis cases in Pakistan has almost tripled since last year, with 32 cases as of July 10. The World Health Organization estimates that, for each paralyzed victim, around 200 others who are infected are spreading the virus in their stool. To combat this, Pakistani officials…

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a measure that would extend the state’s Medicaid program to low-income, undocumented adults ages 25 and younger. This idea of giving health care benefits to undocumented immigrants is supported by most of the Democratic candidates running for president,…

We are finally seeing some signs of victory in the 40-year-long battle with HIV. Researchers in Australia say that the country is on a path to virtually eliminate the transmission of the virus. In the past five years, the number of new infections of HIV has dropped by almost a quarter, with higher…

Radioactive iodine has been used to treat overactive thyroids since the 1940s. Recently, however, scientist have found a modest connection between the amount of radioactive iodine that other organs absorb and the risk of dying from a cancer of those organs. A study by the National Cancer…

Four children ages 2-13 who visited the San Diego County fair in June exhibited symptoms of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli. The two-year-old died from complications of the bacteria, and the others were sickened. Emergency physician Dr. Robert Glatter from Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan explained…

Gene therapy has been an ongoing controversial topic, but the US Food and Drug Administration has approved this treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic disease that causes infants’ muscles to shrink and waste away. The price for a one-time treatment is $2.125 million, which immediately…

Amid the numerous cases of measles in the country recently, a legislation that would increase immunization rates across the country and prevent future outbreaks of contagious diseases was introduced in Congress. This legislation will grant the Center for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) the…

From inflammation to muscle soreness, CBD has been proven to greatly relieve pain. Now, researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York have discovered that CBD has the potential to reduce cravings and anxiety in heroin addicts. In the study, the researchers looked at 42 men and women, ages 21 to…

Following the measles outbreak in New York, a study done by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin and Johns Hopkins University found that Chicago, Los Angeles, and Miami are the cities most likely to have the next measles outbreak. The researchers first looked at how many children in…

Research conducted by the environmental advocacy group Environmental Working Group estimated that about 15,500 cancer cases in California were the direct result of contaminants found in public water systems. Much of the cancer risk was driven by an unsafe level of arsenic, which occurs naturally in…

Heavy rain in the coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa's southeast caused flooding and mudslides in several towns. There were incidents of collapsed buildings, walls, and flooded homes in the area. The ravaging flood has killed 51 people, and forced more than 300 people to flee their…

One of the biggest obstacles for "Medicare for All" is the enormous gap between payments to hospitals by the government and private insurance companies. For instance, Medicare will pay a hospital $17,000 for knee replacement surgery, while private insurance companies will pay about $37,000.…

--CNN Previously, scientists have only been able to 3D print simple tissue without any blood vessels. Using a technique that involves a biopsy of the fatty tissue surrounding abdominal organs and reprogramming the cells to become stem cells, scientists were able to engineer a heart replete with…