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AI, drones and robots: Future farming
Many modern farms already use GPS-guided tractors and digital technology such as farm-management software systems. Now, advances in artificial intelligence ...
‘No,’ the patient said as he pulled his knees to his chest. Breaking federal law, some hospitals retrieve organs from still-alive potential donors
The head of an organ procurement group told a House panel ... he would be "disturbed” if he had witnessed ...
Myths and facts about using cannabis to treat health problems
There’s ... substantial evidence that [cannabis] may ease nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy and may help control muscle spasms ...
USDA takes aim at Chinese farmland holdings amid rising national security concerns
U.S. Department of Agriculture chief Brooke Rollins announced...that the U.S. government will move to ban sales of farmland nationwide to ...
Lab-grown salmon on sale in the U.S.: First seafood to earn FDA approval
The Coho salmon, pinkish orange and streaked with lines of white fat, wasn’t wild-caught in Alaska or farmed in Chile. It ...
Viewpoint: Formerly anonymous author of May HHS recommendation limiting pediatric gender surgeries reflects on report’s hostile reception
In May, the Department of Health and Human Services published a comprehensive review of treatments for gender dysphoria in minors that was swiftly criticized, ...
Viewpoint: Pro-Trump farmers struggle, some face bankruptcy with cancellations of agriculture-friendly programs
JJ was an American farmer, perpetually subject to weather, labor, loans, overhead, markets, health, politics. None of it was predictable, ...
Medicine vs. MAGA: Doctors and Insurers Scramble as RFK Jr. Dismantles U.S. Vaccine System
Professional medical societies, pharmacists, state health officials and vaccine manufacturers, as well as a new advocacy group, are mobilizing behind ...
Viewpoint: ‘The Trump administration’s reckless assaults on U.S. science are endangering the nation’
The Trump administration’s reckless assaults on U.S. science are endangering the nation. If allowed to continue, they will lead to ...
Viewpoint: How to stop RFK, Jr.’s decimation of vaccination programs
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was appointed secretary of Health and Human Services, some hoped that the responsibility of public ...
RFK Jr. stacks purged vaccine committee with ‘covid contrarians’
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named eight people to the influential federal panel that recommends vaccines ...
Gene editing holds the potential of suppressing mosquito species that carry deadly diseases — and raises ethical concerns
[S]ome doctors and scientists say it is time to take the extraordinary step of unleashing gene editing to suppress mosquitoes ...
Why RFK, Jr.’s placebo testing requirement for vaccine approval will cost lives
The health and human services secretary claimed that no vaccines other than the coronavirus shots had been tested against a ...
‘They’re all corrupt’: In latest conspiracy claim, RFK, Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading science journals
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said [May 27] that he may bar government scientists from publishing ...
Britain’s Supreme Court ruled that only people born female are female. Now there’s relief, anger, confusion, and lawsuits
When Britain’s Supreme Court made its landmark ruling last month that only biological women are women, some people said it helped ...
Intermittent fasting – timing when you eat – has legions of supporters but not strong science to back it up
Intermittent fasting has been shown to lead to some weight loss in several studies. But it might not work better than other ...
Viewpoint: ‘I do my own research’—RFK, Jr.’s. let’s his mask slip, rejoins the Qanon, Elvis-is-alive wing of vaccine rejectionists
["D]o your own research,” which for years became a catchphrase mostly for the woo-woo set of America — the Elvis-is-alive ...
2000%? RFK, Jr. claims that chronic disease in the U.S. has skyrocketed in 20 years. Here’s why that’s absurd
“We’ve got the highest chronic disease burden of any country in the world. When my uncle was president, 3 percent ...
Protein propaganda and expensive pee: Supplement shakes and massive steak consumption have no health benefits and is a waste of money
The nearly ubiquitous social media message is, whoever we are, we need more protein. ... “Whey protein has falsely been ...
Viewpoint: We have a successful playbook to beat measles. RFK, Jr. is doing mostly the opposite
There is well-known playbook for stopping measles outbreaks. It takes hard work, because measles is so contagious that 9 of out of ...
USAID cuts gut access to lifesaving vaccinations for millions of people in the world’s poorest countries
The United States is planning to terminate more than $1 billion in funding for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, an international ...
To evaluate non-existent links of vaccines to autism, RFK, Jr. taps activist who faked being a doctor, published “research”—later retracted—claiming a ‘vaccine-autism’ link and administered ineffective drugs to children to “cure” autism
The Department of Health and Human Services has hired David Geier to conduct [a critical study with a goal of ...
Could reprogramming our genes stop the aging process?
Cellular reprogramming is now hailed by its supporters as the most promising scientific approach to improving human healthspans and lifespans. Proponents ...
Some junk snack foods are not nearly as unhealthy as others. Here are better options of popcorn, chips, crackers, cookies and more
Because snacking tends to make up a large portion of our daily calories, the type of foods you choose to ...
The dangerous downside of ‘clean eating’
In 1997, physician Steven Bratman coined the term “orthorexia” (orthos, “right” and orexia, “appetite,” translating to “righteous eating”) in response to ...
Trump-Kennedy NIH shutting down 40+ grants investigating vaccine hesitancy
The National Institutes of Health will cancel or cut back dozens of grants for research on why some people are reluctant ...
Do you have a ‘favorite child’? Here’s how genes, birth order and other factors influence that
The idea of parental favoritism might seem inherently subjective (what do we mean by “favorite,” exactly?) but researchers have developed ...
Viewpoint: The skinny on ‘energy-dense food—Ultra-processing is not the reason we should be concerned about ultra-processed foods
If you’re scanning ingredient lists to find the ice cream that doesn’t have cellulose gum, you’ve lost the thread. I ...
