medicine
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MDMA, the drug used in ecstasy, can help treat post-traumatic stress disorder
C Michael White, The Conversation Adrian V Hernandez, The Conversation
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A new antibody treatment may offer protection against severe Covid-19 for up to 18 months
Rebecca Aicheler, The Conversation
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A new oral antiviral drug for Covid-19 is moving into the final stages of testing in humans
Filipa Henderson Sousa, The Conversation Peter Barlow, The Conversation
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A simple pill to beat Covid-19? It sounds too good to be true, but Pfizer is giving it a go
Peter Wark, The Conversation
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Watch: Man accidentally calls Remdesivir ‘Remo D’Souza’ while talking to media
Scroll Staff
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Virtual reality is being harnessed by medicine to treat everything from pain to phobias
Vijaysree Venkatraman
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An extremely rare form of cancer may have a cure, thanks to this tiny worm
Anil Mehta, The Conversation Gordon Stewart, The Conversation
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‘Real-life Iron Man’: Paramedics can fly in instead of waiting for a helicopter in an emergency
Scroll Staff
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Doctors with degrees from PoK cannot practice in India, says Medical Council
Scroll Staff
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Will a vaccine and herd immunity really end the coronavirus pandemic?
Nigel McMillan, The Conversation
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How will newly-approved antiviral drugs help in the fight against Covid-19? An internist explains
Govindraj Ethiraj, IndiaSpend.com
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What are the steps of vaccine development? And what do they mean?
Mindy Aisen, The Conversation
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What is a cytokine storm? And why is its prevention key to treating Covid-19?
Alexander (Sasha) Poltorak, The Conversation
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On India’s Covid-19 frontline, differently-abled medics are facing greater health risks
Priti Salian, qz.com
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These findings by 700 scientists around the world will be the next big thing in cancer research
Melissa Southey, The Conversation
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Targeting this gene could help scientists fight at least 20 autoimmune diseases
Melissa Grant-Peters, The Conversation
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‘Take three pints of milk, stir in some gold’: Advice for the ill from 17th-century England
Jessica Gregory
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Drug resistance is rising and antibiotic discovery declining. AI could be the answer
Sriram Chandrasekaran, The Conversation
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Why we should be wary of epigenetics, the science that reveals our ‘true’ age
Charles Dupras, The Conversation Martine Lappé, The Conversation Michael S Kobor, The Conversation
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India is home to over 8,000 species of medicinal plants – and they’re increasingly under threat
Aathira Perinchery