When COVID-19 vaccines rolled out, public health officials largely followed a simple logic: protect the most vulnerable first ...

AI applications will range from simple triage and the evaluation of psychotherapy sessions to extraordinary science ...

The poultry supply chain has perfected the art of turning living creatures into nuggets with more chickens slaughtered in two ...

A new lawsuit claims that a hairstylist developed bladder cancer from working with a dye chemical for decades. The answer: quite possibly. Even more intriguing, the dye itself is harmless—but its ...

Rabies is a terrifying disease; any mammal can contract it. For people unfortunate enough to contact it, it's fatal. It's the scourge of the Earth. And yet, with the rise of RFK Jr. and the Make ...

Allergic reactions to vitamin B12 are rare, but real. The reason may sound strange, but it's true - an allergy to cobalt.

With prescription opioid overdoses plummeting and no more pharma companies to sue, America's drug warriors are running out of ...

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have become the latest villain in our never-ending search for an easy scapegoat. But before we ...

The FDA has made some modest efforts, but it needs an internal organization that understands and would be an aggressive ...

Pseudoscience has recently re-emerged in the U.S. While much of it concerns vaccines, an "oldie" is again making the rounds: HIV is neither the cause nor the sole cause of AIDS. This nonsense has been ...

If you’ve been on the internet recently, you’ve likely encountered Bryan Johnson’s meticulously optimized, data-driven quest ...

During 2023-24 seizures of street drugs laced with carfentanil - a highly potent analog of fentanyl - rose by 720%. Despite ...