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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Viewpoint: Viral social media misinformation drives cancer patients toward ‘wellness grifters’ and dangerous, unregulated supplements
The intersection of chronic illness and digital misinformation has reached a critical flashpoint within the UK National Health Service (NHS), ...
41-state Cyclospora outbreak exposes widespread state-to-state communication failures
The response to the current large outbreak of food-related illnesses caused by a microscopic parasite is a communications failure, not ...
Viewpoint: Fact-checking CNN interview with RFK, Jr. underscores the depth of his disinformation delusions
In attempting to rewrite the history of the US Covid-19 response, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on [August 2, ...
No liability for scientific due diligence: California Supreme Court rejects bizarre lawsuit faulting Gilead for fully evaluating HIV drug before release
The California Supreme Court on Monday reversed a lower court’s decision denying summary judgment to Gilead in a class action ...
Does Congress have the guts to successfully challenge Trump’s politicization of science funding?
The U.S. Senate is emerging as a potential bulwark against proposed rule changes that would give government bureaucrats more control ...
Viewpoint: How disease tracking and prevention has cratered under the Kennedy-Trump administration
Public health relies on data – whether it is tracking the effectiveness of a given year’s flu vaccine, monitoring blood ...
Viewpoint: Could the U.S. become dependent on China to develop critical new genetic and drug therapies?
Artificial intelligence is transforming bioengineering and biomedicine. ... The United States and China are locked in a race to develop ...
Viewpoint—A hard look at the Fauci diaries: Do they change what we know about COVID’s origins?
Recently released diaries of Dr. Anthony Fauci reveal significant gaps between what senior scientists and officials said privately about COVID-19 ...
As measles vaccination rates collapse, scientists push for treatments long considered unnecessary
Up until recently, measles vaccination has been so effective that there’s been little medical or financial incentive to develop treatments for ...
Poll: Vaccine hesitancy soars when patients distrust health providers and turn to social media
People who don’t have a trusted health care provider are more likely than people with one to believe or lean ...
Love sweets and fatty foods? You can blame your genes, but there are ways to quell the obsessions
Your preference for sweet or fatty foods could be influenced by certain gene variants, according to new research. People with ...
With trust in RFK, Jr.’s CDC vaccine advice collapsing, physicians scramble to fill the information gap
Dr. John Snyder, in Amherst, Mass., has been practicing pediatrics for 30 years. Whenever he wanted to find the most ...
Obsessing about ultra-processed foods but ignoring what matters far more: A balanced diet
“People have been told so many times now that processed foods are bad,” to the point that they can start ...
The retreat of environmental extremism: Why activist NGOs are losing favor
During the American heat dome or Europe’s summer swelter and the hottest June days on record, we no longer have ...
Viewpoint: What does it mean when critics of conventional agriculture say many fruits and vegetables are “linked” to pesticide poisoning?
“Our job here at Psy Ops is to panic the enemy, to blunt his will to fight. A Psy Operator ...
How Kennedy and his family could pocket millions from Merck’s $50 million vaccine injury settlement that he oversaw
Kennedy for years has earned referral fees from Wisner Baum, a Los Angeles personal injury law firm that is currently ...
AI-generated physicians promoting bogus cures and worthless supplements surge on social media
Misleading health claims online pose a “huge danger to public safety”, experts have warned, after research has shown that AI-generated ...
Viewpoint: Is there new evidence that the animal deworming drug ivermectin decreases the risk of Covid and cancer? Don’t waste your money.
Though researchers have been studying the animal deworming drug ivermectin for decades, there is no evidence that it’s a safe or effective way to ...
Fear, science, and the law: If talc powder is unlikely to cause cancer and J&J was winning in court, why did it pay more than $5.5 billion to settle?
It is one of the strangest corporate stories in recent history. Johnson & Johnson won most of the major talc ...
After muzzling RFK, Jr. over autism-vaccine conspiracy theories, Trump defies aides to push scares again
Donald Trump is pushing the longtime vaccine opponent and current health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr to be more aggressive ...
Bowing to Congressional pressure, Kennedy reverses himself and releases $600 million that helps developing countries buy and distribute vaccines
The departments of State and Health and Human Services confirmed [on July 29, 2026] they are releasing $600 million Congress ...
Two food fads that have some merit: Chia seeds in almost everything and protein added to water
"Proteinmaxxing" and "fibermaxxing," the trendy concepts of loading up on these nutrients for health benefits, are having a moment. But ...
Fat cat? GLP-1 weight loss drugs for animals are on the horizon
The GLP-1 boom spearheaded by Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly has already reshaped how millions of people think about obesity, ...
What is cyberchondria?
Health advice is everywhere on TikTok. And with just a few clicks, it's easy for users to fall down a ...
Viewpoint: How AI supercharges conspiracy theories and oversimplifications to distort online health information
Sudipta Sengupta, Founder-CEO of The Healthy India Project, one of India's leading health fact-checking platforms that has been flagging health ...
Anti-vaccine myths rattle health care
KFF’s latest Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust shows that larger shares of the public express uncertainty over common ...
Viewpoint: RFK, Jr.’s depressingly misguided (and litigator-funded) crusade against antidepressants
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently announced plans to begin significantly reducing the most-used class of antidepressants in America. Under his ...
