Health & Medicine
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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An effective safety net for vaccines and the people who need them—and why RFK Jr. is poised to cut it
For nearly four decades, Americans who believe they have been harmed by a vaccine have had access to a little-known ...
Challenging misinformation: No, Mr. Kennedy, fragments of DNA do not persist in the body
People are still debating whether the mRNA from COVID-19 vaccines remains in the body longer than it should. Some say ...
Viewpoint: Wall Street Journal calls out Trump’s FDA for foot-dragging on approvals for breakthrough drugs
Our editorials criticizing the Food and Drug Administration for torpedoing promising treatments must be hitting an intracranial nerve. Proof of ...
Rightfully concerned your dog could die of rabies? Many vaccine-suspicious pet owners follow RFK, Jr.’s guidance, increasingly reject life-protecting jabs
For most of her career, vaccination was a routine, unremarkable part of Dr. McGuire’s work as a small animal veterinarian ...
Viewpoint: The ‘massive anti-vax, anti-public health propaganda machine’ promoting RFK. Jr. and his band of HHS grifters
It’s a great time to be a MAHA-pilled anti-vaxxer, because there are so many fun conferences to attend. ... The ...
About “genetic losers” and “mad genes”: My encounter with one of the most brilliant and controversial scientists of the genome era
The recent death of James Watson, co-discoverer with Francis Crick of the three-dimensional structure of the genetic material DNA, brought ...
Power, culture, and identity: How did milk get caught in the crosshairs of the culture wars
Milk is one of the most familiar things in the world – comforting, wholesome, ordinary. But beneath this common perception ...
‘Biotech Barbie’ Manhattan Project: Will CRISPR babies escape the shadow of He Jiankui?
Cathy Tie left university to found her first biotechnology company at the age of 18. In the 11 years since, ...
How science figured out how to contain peanut allergies
It turned out that the guidance parents and pediatricians ... had been following, to avoid giving peanuts to babies and ...
Viewpoint: Ways that HHS Secretary Kennedy lied when he pledged his commitment to ‘gold standard science’
Under the reign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ... thousands of people have lost their jobs, the organization’s policies have been hijacked by allies ...
Viewpoint—Toxic Narratives: The lucrative environmentalist–tort lawyer-media disinformation network driving drug and chemical scares
Is aspartame, used in thousands of products, from Diet Coke to Trident Gum to Log Cabin Sugar-Free Syrup, potentially cancer-causing? ...
GLP podcast: Evolutionary biologist debunks the ‘sex spectrum’
The science is settled: biological sex is not a spectrum but a binary, and the evidence is undeniable to anyone ...
Animal rights advocates align with RFK, Jr.’s attempt to phase out animal testing in favor of high-tech, human-based alternatives
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s making animal welfare a component of his Make America Healthy Again mission. The health secretary has ...
With Republican popularity sagging, RFK, Jr.’s MAHA movement may provide a boost for Trump
MAHA leaders are set to use their agenda to shore up support for the GOP among independent voters who might ...
mRNA is ground zero in RFK, Jr. and MAHA’s war on expertise
We messaged each other with just three words: "Did you see?" We both knew what the other meant. After years ...
When gene editing offers health and nutritional benefits, consumer acceptance rises significantly
The research, “Consumer Acceptance of Gene-Edited Foods,” found that consumers are significantly more open to gene-edited products when the benefits ...
RFK, Jr. endorses expedited approvals for gene editing therapy
A top United States regulator plans to unveil a faster approach to approving custom gene-editing treatments, a move designed to ...
Viewpoint: ‘God is an antivaxxer’—Don’t let the MAHA movement’s claims of being evidence-based fool you. It’s now full-on anti-vax
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likes to say that he is not anti-vaccine, he is “pro-safety.” But when 1,000 ...
Texas escalates legal attacks against Tylenol maker, asks judge to stop advertising (accurately) that the pain killer is safe
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked a federal judge to issue a restraining order against the makers of Tylenol ...
‘Defective and inherently dangerous’: ChatGPT facing multiple wrongful death and mental health breakdown lawsuits
Four wrongful death lawsuits were filed against OpenAI ..., as well as cases from three people who say the company’s ...
Can you really become addicted to food?
People often joke that their favorite snack is “like crack” or call themselves “chocoholics” in jest. But can someone really ...
How eating garlic makes your armpit sweat more attractive and other mysteries of the genetics of smell
"The past few decades have revealed that odour is shaped by our genes, hormones, health, and hygiene," says Craig Roberts, ...
Viewpoint: Tort lawyer and HHS Secretary RFK, Jr. falsely claim thimerosal—used safely in vaccines for 90 years—contains dangerous mercury
RFK Jr. released a video addressed to the Minamata Convention on Mercury where he lied about vaccines. Again. And again ...
Why Texas and its marginalized communities are the epicenter of MAHA’s food and health movement
With its diverse population, a political establishment eager to please the Trump administration, and a cabal of prominent MAHA converts, ...
One shot to lower risk of heart attacks? Early-stage CRISPR therapy safely cut “bad” cholesterol and triglycerides by more than 50% patients
In a 15-patient, Phase 1 one, first-in-human trial, a one-time, CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing therapy safely reduced LDL cholesterol and triglycerides in ...
DNA pioneer James Watson’s remarkable—and controversial—career
Discovering the structure of ... DNA was a breakthrough that would help open the way to a revolution in medicine, ...
Viewpoint: No, we should not follow RFK, Jr.’s recommendation and quickly phase out biomedical research animal testing
In recent months, the Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health have announced new initiatives to reduce and replace animal ...
