Scientists in Germany say they’ve been able to make a nasal vaccine that can shut down a Covid-19 infection in the nose and throat, where the virus gets its first foothold in the body. In experiments in hamsters, two doses of the vaccine – which is made with a live but weakened form of the coronavirus that […]

A protein that’s become increasingly important to ALS drugmakers is likely to get even more attention after a recent regulatory meeting signaled it could be used to support the approval of some experimental treatments. The Food and Drug Administration convened last week a group of agency advisers to gather input on tofersen, a medicine developed […]

The phrase “drug overdose” doesn’t often conjure images of smoking too much weed, but it’s true—you can overdose on cannabis, especially the more potent stuff. The distinction many stoners like to rightfully point out is such overdoses are very rarely, if ever, fatal. In terms of risk, it doesn’t entirely make sense to compare marijuana to powerful opioids like fentanyl, […]