Field: Healthcare

A very small number of very daring people are responsible for all of the world’s antivenom.

Enter the Kentucky Reptile Zoo—one of the largest collections of venomous reptiles in the world—and meet Jim Harrison, the man that spent his 42-year career milking King Cobras for anti-venom and saving lives across the globe. What drives a man like this to risk his life each and every day?

Humanity is locked in an arms race with diseases: we update our vaccines, and diseases evolve new ways to try to...

For many cancer patients, being treated at home is just as safe, more affordable, and more convenient than being...

The package is simple and dirt-cheap—a plastic bag with a condom, a syringe, a rubber tube, and a card with...

Is the solution to dangerous drugs... making them safer?

This app tests for anemia, and it's nearly as good as the gold-standard lab test.

What if your daily coffee helped save a life?

What you need to know about this genetic disease, explained by someone who knows it inside and out.

"Scientists work in high-security buildings that are banned to the public and then wonder why they are misunderstood."

The FDA banned triclosan from hand soap, but new research shows that it can supercharge old antibiotics.

Why does pain hurt more for some people? Why do others feel nothing at all?

Scientists aren't exactly sure yet what the "virome" is up to, but it's probably important.

The world discovered phages before antibiotics, but these lowly sewer viruses are getting renewed attention in the...

A group of coders created an open source, DIY pancreas to help people with diabetes manage their condition.

Rethinking the MRI machine, how will Christianity handle advanced tech, and is this 7-year-old the next Einstein?