Medicine

The National Institutes of Health’s move to end support for research using fetal human tissue is “clearly a political decision, not a scientific one,” one expert says

This clinical trial in Guinea-Bissau would withhold vaccination from some babies, sparking ethical concerns

Cancer survival rates climbed significantly in recent decades. But federal funding cuts could threaten that progress, physicians warn

Behind the hype of GLP-1 medications lies complex science, serious side effects and a pharmaceutical arms race.

Immense progress in gene editing, drug discovery and conservation are just some of the reasons to be cheerful about 2025

A pill version of the popular GLP-1 weight-loss drug Wegovy has been green-lit for use in the U.S. Here’s what that means for health care

From advancements in male birth control to the science of supplements, Scientific American highlights some of the most fascinating health and medicine stories of 2025

Whether space, health, technology or environment, here are the issues in science that the editors of Scientific American are focusing on for 2026

A new study identifies a mechanism for how COVID vaccines may, in infrequent cases, drive heart inflammation, a condition that can be caused by the disease itself

Journalist Marla Broadfoot discusses zuranolone, a drug that may help people whose postpartum depression hasn’t responded to traditional antidepressants.

“It is certainly not standard medical practice to perform screening MRIs of the heart and abdomen,” says one expert

A new paper shows AI emerging as a tool that helps scientists test ideas, navigate literature and refine experiments