medicine

A Gentleman’s Guide to Giving Blood

It’s summer and that means the world once again finds itself short on the red stuff

Are We Finally Getting Close to a Cure for the Shits?

Scientists have grown a diarrhea parasite in a lab for the first time, and despite how it sounds, that’s a good thing

Why the Progress of STI Vaccines Is Still So Maddeningly Slow

The bleak and horrifying truth? Science can’t seem to evolve faster than the infections

Why Your Dad’s Vaccination Scar Is Still a Badge of Honor

For those born before the 1970s, that telltale round mark on the upper arm represents victory over a global crisis