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  • Lab-grown meatHealth

    ‘Lab-grown’ meat gets first ever nod from US regulators: ”The most common response we get is, ‘Oh, it tastes like chicken”

    By Jonel Aleccia, Laura Ungar, and others
  • FILE – Bottles of abortion pills mifepristone, left, and misoprostol, right, at a clinic in Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 22, 2010. A federal appeals court has preserved access to an abortion drug for now but under tighter rules that would allow the drug only to be dispensed up to seven weeks, not 10, and not by mail. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)Health

    Abortion providers are scrambling to help patients and after pill restriction from courts: ‘This is going to have a severe, severe impact on access’

    By Laura Ungar, Amanda Seitz, and others
  • Chinese scientist He Jiankui speaks at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong on November 28, 2018. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)Health

    The man who claimed he genetically engineered babies just got out of a Chinese prison for practicing without a license and he’s eyeing a comeback

    By Laura Ungar and The Associated Press
  • Rylae-Ann PoulinHealth

    ‘There’s a lot of exciting times ahead of us’: Game-changing gene therapy for brain disorders is right around the corner

    By Laura Ungar and The Associated Press
  • A scene from the Forest Hills of DC senior living facilityHealth

    The ‘pandemic is over’ mindset is seeping into nursing homes in troubling ways: ‘Worry about your granny’

    By Carla K. Johnson, Laura Ungar, and others
  • Terry HorganHealth

    A 27-year-old with a rare disease has died in an experimental gene-editing study. He was the only volunteer.

    By Laura Ungar and The Associated Press
  • mass grave from black deathHealth

    You might have Crohn’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis or lupus because your ancestor survived the Black Death, study says

    By Laura Ungar and The Associated Press
  • Mouse embryo studyHealth

    Scientists created synthetic mouse embryos from stem cells to study the early stages of development: ‘It is reminiscent of such spectacular scientific advances as the birth of Dolly the sheep’

    By Laura Ungar and The Associated Press
  • COVID-19 test siteHealth

    COVID-19 testing has dropped as much as 90% worldwide, making it tougher for scientists to spot new variants

    By Laura Ungar and The Associated Press