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New RSV Preventatives Dramatically Reduce Infant Illnes...

The year 2023 marked the debut of groundbreaking innovations to prevent severe R...

The Global Burden of RSV

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) continues to affect infants and older and immu...

The Promise of RSV Prevention

RSV is the leading cause of infant hospitalizations in the U.S. But that could s...

How Indigenous Storytelling Is Transforming RSV Care in...

Abigail Echo-Hawk, a preeminent Native American public health expert, discusses ...

A Long Road to an RSV Antibody to Protect the Most Vuln...

A tragic RSV vaccine trial in the 1960s set the field back for decades. Here’s h...

The Final RSV Frontier Is within Reach

The journey toward an RSV vaccine for children has been wrought with tragedy and...

James Webb Space Telescope Finds Atmosphere on Lava Pla...

Hot, small and old—exoplanet TOI-561 b is just about the worst place to look for...

Tylenol Is Popular and Safe, Yet Nobody Knows How It Works

The common pain reliever is safe when used as directed, research shows. But scie...

Announcing the #SciAmInTheWild Photography Contest Shor...

To celebrate Scientific American’s 180th anniversary, we invited readers to plac...

Does Tylenol Use during Pregnancy Cause Autism? What th...

Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. plan to tie Tylenol use during pregnancy and fo...

Magnitude 4.3 Earthquake Strikes San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area was rattled early this morning by a magnitude 4.3 ear...

‘Almost Impossible’ Deep-Earth Diamonds Confirm How The...

Seemingly contradictory materials are trapped together in two glittering diamond...

Inside the Mysterious Smuggling of the El Ali Meteorite

How a space rock vanished from Africa and showed up for sale across an ocean

Vaccine Panel Overhaul, Head Trauma in Sports, and Stra...

A revamped CDC advisory committee faces vaccine debates, studies reveal brain ch...

2025 Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded for Research on Tipsy Bats...

Winners of the annual Ig Nobel awards include the science of tipsy bats and the ...

Go Ahead, Write in the Margins—It’s Good for Your Brain

Annotating the margins of books is an important part of deep reading and has a l...

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