This biohacking company is using a crypto city to test controversial gene therapies
The advertisement—posted on Mirror, a Web3 publishing platform, in March last year—outlined an eye-catching if perhaps confusing proposal: “Access NFTs
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Tech and health
How Indian health-care workers use WhatsApp to save pregnant women
Hirabai Koli’s medical reports were normal—but she wasn’t happy. She had been monitoring her weight over the first two months
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This is how China’s zero-covid policy is changing
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China has censored a top health information platform
China has censored DXY, the country’s leading health information platform. On August 9, DXY fell silent across social media, where
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Monkeypox is in Bay Area wastewater
Last month, Stanford’s Sewer Coronavirus Alert Network, or SCAN, added monkeypox to the suite of viruses it checks wastewater for
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How to track your period safely post-Roe
As soon as Roe v. Wade was overturned on Friday, June 24, calls for people to delete their period-tracking apps
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Where to get abortion pills and how to use them
If the US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the 1973 legal decision that enshrined abortion as a constitutional right,
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Anti-abortion activists are collecting the data they’ll need for prosecutions post-Roe
The Supreme Court is shortly expected to issue its decision on a challenge to Roe v. Wade that will—if a
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The baby formula shortage has birthed a shady online marketplace
After Ashley Diaz had her baby in early April, she faced a setback. She wasn’t producing enough breast milk. Her
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