One major challenge facing Trump’s chosen health leaders: Keeping politics separate from science
The announcements came Friday night, one after another, President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for the country’s ...
Bird flu virus detected in raw milk in California
Bird flu virus has been found in a batch of raw milk sold in California, ...
In the US, young and middle-aged women are being diagnosed with lung cancer at higher rates than men
Susan Wojcicki, the late CEO of YouTube, had a message for the world just weeks ...
Vaping immediately affects vascular health and oxygen levels, study shows, even without nicotine
Vaping has an immediate effect on how well the user’s blood vessels work, even if ...
Alcohol use increased during the Covid-19 pandemic. A new study shows that it’s still high
A surge of stress-related drinking and alcohol-related deaths brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic in ...
They’re up to 70% of the American diet. But the US has no policy on ultraprocessed foods
Twenty-year-old Sam Srisatta is giving a month of his life to science — research that ...
Bird flu virus isolated from hospitalized Canadian teen shows signs of human adaptation
The avian flu virus isolated from a hospitalized teenager in Vancouver has mutations in key ...
Solving a 40-year mystery, scientists ID chemical found in millions of Americans’ tap water
For more than four decades, scientists have noticed a mysterious chemical in the treated drinking ...
Less-potent fentanyl pills may be playing a role in decrease of US overdose deaths, DEA says
The US Drug Enforcement Administration says that less fentanyl is present in the nation’s illicit ...
Survivor of suicide attempt receives innovative face transplant: ‘It was just a miracle’
Editor’s note: This story contains a discussion of suicide. Help is available if you or ...
