Most patients prefer to access abortion medication from pharmacists instead of clinics

Medication abortion has been around for 20 years, and is a safe alternative to surgical abortion for many pregnant people

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Meet Gerty Cori, the Nobel-winning biochemist who uncovered how the body stores and consumes sugars

Cori's work determined glycogen storage "disease" had several subtypes, each with a unique molecular cause

6/2/2021, 3:03 AM

Apgar's simple, standardized score helped decrease the startlingly high infant mortality rate

1/19/2021, 4:36 AM

Though created by accident, her story fit neatly with burgeoning 20th century feminism

8/12/2020, 2:00 AM

This poet and essayist likely saved many lives from this deadly, disfiguring disease

6/9/2020, 3:53 AM

Science History Institute is crowdsourcing the identities of scientists snubbed in archive

4/17/2020, 3:14 AM

Dr. Jen Gunter launches the Jensplaining digital series and The Vagina Bible to fight against health misinformation

8/26/2019, 9:11 PM

Alice Augusta Ball died at the age of 24. Ninety years later, we finally started recognizing her contributions.

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