Stories by Tanya Lewis

Author and science journalist Deborah Blum describes how an Indiana chemist kicked off the first major food regulation in the U.S.

Doctors are starting to prescribe vegetables or entire meals to ward off disease.

A woman with life-threatening heart and kidney disease became the second person ever to receive a genetically modified pig kidney and the first person to receive a heart pump and a transplanted organ together

Cows and at least one person in the U.S. have been sickened by avian influenza. We asked experts about the risk to humans.

The deadly virus was practically eliminated in the U.S., but now it’s infecting more people.

Two people have tested positive for avian influenza after being exposed to cows thought to be infected with the virus

A quick nap can boost your memory, your mood and even your creativity

A heart valve transplant could save the life of a baby—or two

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, long dismissed by doctors, causes immune system dysfunction and other problems. But treatments are lacking.

Epigenetics research reveals how famines can cause health problems later in life—and how those changes might be passed down to future generations.

Nose-plus-throat swabbing for COVID could increase test accuracy—but could create problems, too

A noninvasive test for genetic material could predict embryo quality in IVF.

Researchers calculated the number of pregnancies resulting from rape in states where abortion was banned throughout pregnancy after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision

When symptoms start, COVID tests may say you’re not infected when you really are.

You have a “better chance of becoming Spider-Man” than being harmed by DNA from COVID vaccines

The holidays are a time for indulgence, but there are ways to drink alcohol without suffering the painful effects.

A deep-learning algorithm helped identify new compounds that are effective against antibiotic-resistant infections in mice, opening the door to AI-guided drug discovery

From new uses for weight-loss drugs to the first CRISPR gene editing therapy, these were some of the most impactful health stories of the year

Problems with the heart, kidneys and metabolic health are all connected

During the COVID pandemic, the U.S. initially saw a drop in births followed by a bump

The Israel-Hamas war has disrupted hospitals’ access to electricity, fuel and medicine. A physician from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières explains why health care is so vulnerable during war

Fewer kids got their routine childhood vaccines since before the pandemic. Are lack of access and a loss of trust in science to blame?

Daytime naps of about 30 minutes really improve your thinking and may spark creativity.

Surgeons transplanted part of a face and an entire eyeball into a man with severe electrical burns. He is not yet able to see out of the eye, but preliminary evidence suggests it may retain some function