An unconventional new model makes industry meetups a key part of medical device regulation.
A crisis in testing logistics leads to a breakthrough device.
Beneath the hype is a technology that could solve many logistical problems that plague medicine.
Prolapse of the pelvic organs is uncomfortable and widespread, and its treatments are sometimes dangerous. But new approaches are on the way.
Hurricane Maria shut down a factory where intravenous fluid bags were made. Why has this roiled a nation’s hospital system?
Given half a chance, non-scientists can also make discoveries that move medicine forward.
A portable detection system can identify disease-causing bacteria far from the laboratory.
Patient advocacy groups play a role in the approval of drugs. Should their donors come under scrutiny?
The Food and Drug Administration tries a fresh approach to medical devices suspected of falling short.
A new shape-shifting material would let surgical implants grow in place.