Viewpoint: RFK, Jr. and the future of children’s vaccines—Less science guidance, more parental gut opinions

Viewpoint: RFK, Jr. and the future of children’s vaccines—Less science guidance, more parental gut opinions

Apoorva Mandavilli | New York Times |
For decades, Americans have looked to the federal government for advice on which vaccines their children should get and when ...
Viewpoint: With indiscriminate cuts to food programs, the U.S., not nature, is destabilizing global agriculture

Viewpoint: With indiscriminate cuts to food programs, the U.S., not nature, is destabilizing global agriculture

Ted Alcorn | New York Times |
[L]ately, the United States, not nature, has created the biggest uncertainty for global agriculture. Until last year, when the Trump ...
As abortion pills face new politically motivated legal threats, a new study defends the FDA’s evidence-based science

As abortion pills face new politically motivated legal threats, a new study defends the FDA’s evidence-based science

Pam Belluck | New York Times |
The abortion pill mifepristone is one of the most politically contentious medications in America, one increasingly targeted by anti-abortion activists ...
Coalition of medical expert organizations formed to counteract RFK, Jr.’s rejectionist recommendations 

Coalition of medical expert organizations formed to counteract RFK, Jr.’s rejectionist recommendations 

Apoorva Mandavilli | New York Times |
Six leading medical organizations plan to ask the courts to throw out revisions to the childhood vaccination schedule .... Mr ...
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‘A whole lot of (methane) gas’: Grass-fed beef is not better for the climate, experts agree

Roughly a quarter of all global greenhouse gases come from food production, and beef accounts for the single biggest share ...
Despite 'no conflicts of interest’ pledge, several of Kennedy’s dietary advisors have ties to the meat and dairy industry 

Despite ‘no conflicts of interest’ pledge, several of Kennedy’s dietary advisors have ties to the meat and dairy industry 

Soon after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as the nation’s health secretary, he promised to overhaul the federal ...
Vaccines do more than prevent disease, especially for older adults

Vaccines do more than prevent disease, especially for older adults

Paula Span | New York Times |
Let’s be clear. The primary reason to be vaccinated against shingles is that two shots provide 90 percent protection against a painful, ...
RFK, Jr. ends ‘war on saturated fats’: A win for meat-maxing influencers, a loss for common-sense eating

RFK, Jr. ends ‘war on saturated fats’: A win for meat-maxing influencers, a loss for common-sense eating

Alice Callahan | New York Times |
For decades, nutrition experts and health officials have warned against eating too much saturated fat. Red meat, full-fat dairy products, ...
Supreme Court may consider blocking further suits targeting the weedkiller glyphosate, which global regulatory agencies have found safe

Supreme Court may consider blocking further suits targeting the weedkiller glyphosate, which global regulatory agencies have found safe

Hiroko Tabuchi | New York Times |
The Supreme Court is poised to decide whether to take up a case involving weedkillers and cancer that could effectively ...
Viewpoint: ‘Science is always evolving’ is a dangerous excuse to reject it

Viewpoint: ‘Science is always evolving’ is a dangerous excuse to reject it

Elay Shech | New York Times |
As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about science: Historically, even well-established theories ...
Viewpoint: Wrecking havoc on American health—RFK, Jr.’s grim first year legacy

Viewpoint: Wrecking havoc on American health—RFK, Jr.’s grim first year legacy

Jeneen Interlandi | New York Times |
In the 11 months since he was confirmed as health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has wreaked steady havoc on ...
Viewpoint: ‘Increasingly futile’—Why debating MAHA influencers with science and reason doesn’t work 

Viewpoint: ‘Increasingly futile’—Why debating MAHA influencers with science and reason doesn’t work 

Jessica Grose | New York Times |
... Dr. Mikhail Varshavski, the New Jersey-based family medicine physician and medical social media influencer better known as Dr. Mike, appeared ...
Viewpoint: Life inside the anti-vaccine ecosystem is even scarier than you can imagine

Viewpoint: Life inside the anti-vaccine ecosystem is even scarier than you can imagine

Rachael Bedard | New York Times |
Peter Hildebrand choked back tears as he told the crowd about his daughter, Daisy. She was 8 years old when ...
While AI revolutionizes the world, the human brain rots    

While AI revolutionizes the world, the human brain rots    

Brian Chen | New York Times |
The most high-profile study this year about A.I.’s effects on the brain came out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ...
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‘Climate-friendly,’ net-zero beef: Possible or just PR?

Claire Brown | New York Times |
Last year, the New York attorney general’s office and the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit organization, filed lawsuits against JBS ...
Viewpoint: ‘Organoid intelligence’?—Ethical questions arise in using organoid human brain nuggets to study disease

Viewpoint: ‘Organoid intelligence’?—Ethical questions arise in using organoid human brain nuggets to study disease

Carl Zimmer | New York Times |
As months turned to years, Dr. Arlotta’s team set a record for the oldest documented brain organoids. “We never thought ...
As the U.S. reverses its support for climate change solutions, China’s dominance as the renewable energy superpower spreads to the developing world

As the U.S. reverses its support for climate change solutions, China’s dominance as the renewable energy superpower spreads to the developing world

As the United States torpedoes climate action and Europe struggles to realize its green ambitions, a surprising shift is taking ...
Rightfully concerned your dog could die of rabies? Many vaccine-suspicious pet owners follow RFK, Jr.’s guidance, increasingly reject life-protecting jabs

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 ...
AI poised to revolutionize app dating: Here’s how it may work

AI poised to revolutionize app dating: Here’s how it may work

Eli Tan | New York Times |
After swiping aimlessly for years on dating apps like Hinge and Tinder, Emma Inge ... decided to try something different ...
'Defective and inherently dangerous’: ChatGPT facing multiple wrongful death and mental health breakdown lawsuits

‘Defective and inherently dangerous’: ChatGPT facing multiple wrongful death and mental health breakdown lawsuits

Kashmir Hill | New York Times |
Four wrongful death lawsuits were filed against OpenAI ..., as well as cases from three people who say the company’s ...
‘The science is almost non-existent’: Latest longevity fad: N.A.D. supplements. Here’s an explainer

‘The science is almost non-existent’: Latest longevity fad: N.A.D. supplements. Here’s an explainer

Mohana Ravindranath | New York Times |
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, or N.A.D.+, is a molecule found in all cells that’s essential for repairing damage, generating energy and ...
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Curing Alzheimer’s: Unwinding mystery of the 76-year-old man with a disease that (until now) always caused dementia by 50 

Pam Belluck | New York Times |
Mr. Whitney, 76, is a scientific unicorn with potential to provide answers about one of the world’s most devastating diseases ...
Collecting DNA from hundreds of thousands of detainees, Trump administration immensely expands immigration enforcement 

Collecting DNA from hundreds of thousands of detainees, Trump administration immensely expands immigration enforcement 

Caitlin Dickerson | New York Times |
The Trump administration is moving to collect DNA samples from hundreds of thousands of people booked into federal immigration custody ...
 ‘She started having orgasms for the first time in years’: More and more women are embracing testosterone’s sex and energy jolt

 ‘She started having orgasms for the first time in years’: More and more women are embracing testosterone’s sex and energy jolt

Susan Dominus | New York Times |
Just as estrogen is a crucial hormone for men, testosterone is an important hormone for women, instrumental in the development ...
Saving life from extinction: Why it’s critical to protect and preserve bacteria and other microbes

Saving life from extinction: Why it’s critical to protect and preserve bacteria and other microbes

Carl Zimmer | New York Times |
Hundreds of scientists have joined together to save a group of species from extinction, a group that might not seem ...
More than half of Americans take supplements. That’s becoming a health problem

More than half of Americans take supplements. That’s becoming a health problem

Ashwin Rodrigues | New York Times |
At a time when Americans are buying and taking record amounts of supplements — well over half of adults consume one — ...
Viewpoint: ‘Conversion therapy for gay and transgender youth is one of our darkest chapters. We shouldn’t inflict it on today’s kids’

Gay and lesbian conversion therapy: The Supreme Court is debating its legal future. What is it?

Ellen Barry | New York Times |
As a teenager, Julie Rodgers attended Tuesday night group therapy sessions in which young people confessed their same-sex transgressions: anal ...
A liver extracted from a genetically modified pig transplanted into a 71-year-old man

A liver extracted from a genetically modified pig transplanted into a 71-year-old man

Roni Caryn Rabin | New York Times |
Surgeons in China have for the first time transplanted a section of liver extracted from a genetically modified pig into ...