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Through the study and use of genetics, we can identify measures that could lead to the improvement of human health and wellness. These methods and procedures aim to prevent years of chronic disease and thousands of dollars in health care costs, and provide families and communities with knowledge of how to live healthier.
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Texas Air Force base flu outbreak soars to over 220 cases, and one soldier has died after Secretary Hegseth scrapped mandatory military flu shotsย
In a new social media post, a U.S. Congressman is demanding answers about what led to a major flu outbreak ...
Viewpoint: How the Trump administration is thwarting the will of Congress and starving American science
Although research has bipartisan support in the US Congress, and trust in science is above 75% across the country, the ...
The American Medical Association doctors declare war on RFK, Jr.โs attack on safe vaccines
At the American Medical Associationโs annual meeting ..., members of the groupโs House of Delegates are sending a clear message ...
Daubert for DummiesโScientific Reliability in U.S. Courts: Daubert, Rule 702, and Made-for-Litigation Evidence
A New York federal appeals court is poised to decide one of the more consequential courtroom battles over scientific evidence ...
Viewpoint: As the International Association for Research on Cancer loses influence, activists and trial lawyers scramble to protect a lucrative playbook
This past week, US Department of State, together (nominally) with the Department of Health and Human Services, effectively discredited any ...
โโCOVID lab leak? Making a case that the Wuhan market origins theory is wrong
It is imperative that those of us who support and defend biotechnology confront the strong possibility that a foolish and ...
ViewpointโProtecting baloney science: Far right senators move to protect the phony homeopathy industry
Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Tommy Tuberville (R- AL) have recently introduced a bill that would limit the FDAโs ability ...
Viewpoint: Embryos are becoming the newest battleground of love, loss, and legal uncertainty
Who owns a future-person? As IVF outpaces the law, embryos are becoming the newest battleground of love, loss, and legal ...
Viewpoint: Raw milk and the myth of safetyโProPublica exposes the growing anti-homogenization movement
This story was originally published by ProPublica. McAfee isnโt any ordinary farmer. He is a raw-milk zealot who has escaped ...
AAP v. Kennedy: While a court challenge grinds on, RFK Jr. quietly advances his anti-vaccine conspiracy agenda
Theย American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) v Kennedyย litigation is now running on two parallel tracks. Legal actions are under way both ...
Trump-appointed cancer panel head backed by supplement and anti-vaccine companies promotes discredited support forย ivermectin as a potential cure
The chair of the Presidentโs Cancer Panel is a co-author on a new paper promoting ivermectin as a cancer treatment ...
In a rebuke to RFK, Jr.โs anti-vax crusade, journal retracts study claiming hepatitis B vaccineโautism link
A 2010 paper that linked the hepatitis B vaccine in infant boys to an increased risk of autism diagnosis was ...
Kennedy accused of trying to โbullyโ science journal that retracted study linking vaccines to infant deaths
Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, is demanding answers from a medical journal that recently removed a paper ...
Viewpoint: โDead WrongโโUnderstanding healthcareโs misinformation epidemic
Misinformation in healthcare isnโt slowing down, and Dr. Geeta Nayyar says itโs causing more problems. Nayyar is the author of ...
Glucosamine alert: Alzheimerโs progresses faster among those taking the popular supplement
Glucosamine -- a popular supplement used for joint pain -- was associated with faster progression to Alzheimer's disease and worse ...
Viewpoint: Behind the effort to re-purpose the tobacco attack strategy to fight ultra-processed foods
Tobacco companies spent decades honing marketing strategies, flavor engineering and processing technologies that helped addict consumers to cigarettes. Then, in ...
Viewpoint: โSteroid Olympicsโ marketing stunt: โIt seemed less like a sporting event and more like a loss leader to peddle testosterone injections, GLP-1s, and peptidesโ
Testosterone. Methenolone. Nandrolone. Human growth hormone and EPO. Meldonium, modafinil, and mixed amphetamine salts. Clomiphene, anastrozole, levothyroxine, and liothyronine. Patches ...
Physician warns online statin myths delay care and raise heart risk
During a presentation titled โMisunderstandings and truth about statins: From cardiovascular disease prevention to renal safety,โ [Dr. Jang Min-wook] said ...
Viewpoint: While unvaccinated children are dying overseas, Congress challenges Trump and Kennedyโs block on aid
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is calling on the Trump administration to restore US funding for Gavi, the Vaccine ...
Turmeric supplements: More risks than benefits
Turmeric supplements have become a booming โnaturalโ health product, promoted for everything from inflammation and joint pain to general disease ...
โHumanitarian catastropheโ: Trumpโs USAID shutdown could help drive nearly 23 million deaths โ including 5.4 million children โ by 2030, Lancet study warns
Nearly 23 million additional deaths are expected by 2030 as a result of countries like the US and UK dramatically ...
Viewpoint: COVID lab leak? Misguided backers of the lab leak theory refuse to give up
[W]hen I learned that Lord Matt Ridley had been invited to speak at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) about ...
Six key health insights from taking weight-loss drugs
Tens of millions of people around the world are now taking drugs like Ozempic โ a kind of real-time experiment ...
โHave you asked your doctor?โ: AMA launches campaign to counter health misinformation
The American Medical Association confirmed plans to launch a national campaign to combat health misinformation and โrebuild trust in medicine.โ ...
ViewpointโโThe gleeful efficiency of an arsonistโ: Administrationโs health and science research cuts are โsabotagingโ Americaโs future
There is a word for what the federal government has done to American science during the past year and a ...
Is the World Cup a perfect storm for the spread of infectious diseases?
When theย 2026 FIFA World Cup beginsย on June 11, 2026, matches will be played across 16 cities in the United States, ...
Will hi-tech genetic fortune-telling really help parents make healthier children?
Like high-tech fortune-telling, the screening estimates the chances that embryos will produce children at risk for thousands of illnesses, from ...
