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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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Anguished parents, doctors in tears: Utah’s long measles outbreak takes a toll
Ben Dowse hadn’t expected to treat measles when he became a doctor, but there he was, examining a newborn exposed ...
After Mel Gibson’s Joe Rogan comments, grifters promoting ivermectin, without evidence, as a hantavirus preventive
"Hantavirus is a RNA virus, and ivermectin should work against it," claims a May 6, 2026 post on X from Mary Talley ...
AI’s promotion of ‘fake news’ erodes everyday thinking, MIT study reveals
Yet another study shows that the more you let artificial intelligence do the thinking for you, the less capable you ...
Viewpoint: RFK, Jr. ignores oversight of vast HHS programs to focus on his pet obsessions—and gets much of the science wrong
Mr. Kennedy has shown little interest in managing the details of work in his department, according to multiple colleagues. Instead, ...
Facts & Fallacies podcast: Psychedelics for PTSD? Examining RFK, Jr’s claims about ibogaine
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has joined the chorus of psychedelic advocates who claim the drugs could revolutionize mental health care, ...
Anti-vaxxers falsely claim chronic disease study of 22 diseases ‘proves’ that vaccinated children are sicker than the unvaccinated
The analysis is based on a 2020 draft study that was never published because an internal review identified "serious flaws ...
Viewpoint: More and more younger men are falling outside our health system. What can reverse this?
Recently, on a podcast, someone asked me how public health should be communicating about vaccines to young adults, and I ...
‘Plasticity’: Can psilocybin support healthy aging by transforming the brains of older adults?
The study, known as PLASTICITY (Psychedelic Longitudinal Aging Study In Cognitively Healthy Older Adults), is the first psychedelic neuroimaging study specifically ...
Treat measles with cod liver oil and vitamin A? RFK, Jr.’s recommendation has led to a surge in poisonings
Vitamin A became a highly searched topic around the time Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touted ...
Trump administration pushes to bring AI “doctors” into U.S. healthcare. The promise — and the risks.
Today, chatbots can only legally offer medical guidance with a disclaimer attached: Neither the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, nor ...
Viewpoint: The booming longevity anti-aging skin care hoax
Historically, anti-aging has been rooted in prevention (think sunscreen or retinoids for wrinkles), not instant results. ... Driven by the broader ...
Kennedy’s nutrition prescription for medical schools: Real problem, bad cure
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has turned a recognized challenge — medical students receive too little ...
The challenge of responding to a measles outbreak in a vaccine-skeptical community
James Mu had braced for the call that came in late January. A patient from his rural Northern California county ...
Texas Air Force base flu outbreak soars to over 220 cases, and one soldier has died after Secretary Hegseth scrapped mandatory military flu shots
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.’s attack on safe vaccines
At the American Medical Association’s annual meeting ..., members of the group’s House of Delegates are sending a clear message ...
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 ...
Daubert for Dummies—Scientific 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 ...
COVID 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 ...
Viewpoint—Protecting 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 FDA’s 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 safety—ProPublica exposes the growing anti-homogenization movement
This story was originally published by ProPublica. McAfee isn’t 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
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) v Kennedy 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 for ivermectin as a potential cure
The chair of the President’s Cancer Panel is a co-author on a new paper promoting ivermectin as a cancer treatment ...
In a rebuke to RFK, Jr.’s anti-vax crusade, journal retracts study claiming hepatitis B vaccine–autism 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 ‘bully’ 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: “Dead Wrong”—Understanding healthcare’s misinformation epidemic
Misinformation in healthcare isn’t slowing down, and Dr. Geeta Nayyar says it’s causing more problems. Nayyar is the author of ...
