Rob Stein
Stories
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An update on fall respiratory viruses
Health officials are planning another fall campaign designed to encourage everyone six months and older to get updated COVID and flu vaccines, but are scaling back the recommendation for RSV vaccines.
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Updated COVID vaccines are coming soon
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to give the green light to new COVID-19 vaccines this week to protect against recent variants of the coronavirus.
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Is COVID endemic yet? Yep, says the CDC. Here's what that means
The nation — and Olympic athletes, like Noah Lyles — are in another summer surge of COVID infections. CDC officials say the virus has become endemic. That means it is here to stay in a predictable way.
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A 3D reconstruction of the woolly mammoth genome might help revive the extinct species
With a skin sample from a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth, scientists are gaining new insights into what made the animals tick. The findings could also help controversial de-extinction efforts.
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Transplant surgeons are using a new, controversial procedure to retrieve organs
Many transplant programs are using a controversial procedure called normothermic regional perfusion to obtain organs from donors. After a donor is declared dead, circulation is restarted with a pump.
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Doctors try a controversial technique to reduce the transplant organ shortage
Doctors say they can boost the odds donated organs will be usable by restarting blood circulation with a pump after donors are declared dead. Critics say the procedure blurs the definition of death.
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Who Should Take Aspirin Every Day?
A new study found that the risks apparently outweigh the benefits of taking a low-dose aspirin every day for otherwise healthy older people. But what about everyone else?
