Carla K Johnson

AP Medical Writer

Financial Storytelling in the Age of AI

Financial Storytelling in the Age of AI

August 12, 2026

The Country's Largest Hypersonic Missile Manufacturing Facility Is Expanding

August 21, 2026

A robotic hand fitted with 3D-printed sensor module developed by the research team from Washington State University. The electronic skin can detect pressure and temperature at a fine level, laying the groundwork for bionic skin that could be used on prosthetics to help amputees and others.

'Electronic Skin' Lets Prosthetics Sense Temperature and Pressure

August 20, 2026

Orange EV and APM Terminals team members gather alongside an Orange EV electric terminal truck.

New Jersey Container Terminal Places Order for 96 Electric Trucks

August 19, 2026

Beyond the Dashboard

Beyond the Dashboard

Turning KPI insights into meaningful business action.

August 12, 2026

A man is swabbed for COVID-19 at a walk-up testing site at Farragut Square on Dec. 23, 2021, just blocks from the White House in Washington. The explosive increase in U.S. coronavirus case counts is raising alarm, but some experts believe the focus should instead be on COVID-19 hospital admissions. And those aren't climbing as fast.

COVID Case Counts May Be Losing Importance Amid Omicron

Some experts believe the focus should instead be on hospital admissions, which aren't climbing fast.

January 5, 2022

A technician holds a laboratory mouse at the Jackson Laboratory, Jan. 24, 2006, in Bar Harbor, Maine.

Study Can't Confirm Lab Results for Many Cancer Experiments

"The truth is we fool ourselves."

December 7, 2021

A member of a cleaning crew wheels a cart toward a vehicle at the Life Care Center, where at least 30 coronavirus deaths have been linked to the facility, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Kirkland, Wash. Staff members who worked while sick at multiple long-term care facilities contributed to the spread of COVID-19 among vulnerable elderly in the Seattle area, federal health officials said Wednesday.

Sick Staff Fueled Outbreak in Seattle

Thirty-five coronavirus deaths have been linked to the facility.

March 19, 2020

Pharmacist Michael Witte, left, gives Neal Browning a shot in the first-stage study of a potential coronavirus vaccine Monday, March 16, 2020, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. Browning is the second patient to receive the shot in the study.

Volunteers Test Experimental Vaccine

Among them are a 43-year-old operations manager at a small tech company and a 46-year-old network engineer at Microsoft.

March 17, 2020

In this Feb. 7, 2019 photo provided by the Fred Hutch News Service, Trevor Bedford, a computational biologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, poses at the center in Seattle. Bedford is among a group of scientists who are contributing data to the decision-making in Washington state with regards to containing the new coronavirus outbreak.

Scientist Links 2 State Outbreaks

He used its genetic fingerprints.

March 12, 2020

Pot

Chocolate Can Throw Off Marijuana Tests

This creates inaccurate potency labeling, and scientists are trying to figure out why.

August 26, 2019

In this Nov. 6, 2017 file photo, a syringe with a dose of CBD oil is shown in a research laboratory in Fort Collins, Colo. CBD is a compound found in marijuana but doesn’t cause a high. On Tuesday, July 23, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration announced it has warned Curaleaf Inc., of Wakefield, Mass., for illegally selling unapproved CBD products. The agency says Curaleaf’s claims could lead people to delay medical care for serious conditions like cancer.

FDA Warns Top Marijuana Co.

CBD's skyrocketing popularity has attracted mainstream retailers despite little evidence of its health claims.

July 24, 2019