Second malaria vaccine launched in Ivory Coast marks new milestone ~health medicine Article 366 words 13 votes
The brain makes a lot of waste. Now scientists think they know where it goes (in mice). ~health Article 957 words 20 votes
The effect of therapeutic doses of culinary spices in metabolic syndrome ~health Article 6925 words 16 votes
Pioneering studies show promise in sequencing a baby’s genome at birth ~health medicine Article 2109 words 16 votes
How did the world run so low on cholera vaccine? As outbreaks grow, stockpile runs dry. ~health medicine Article 1190 words, published Mar 8 2024 12 votes
Dengue fever spreading to new countries, including the US due to climate change, among other factors ~health Article 1431 words 7 votes
Menthol inhalation may boost cognitive ability in Alzheimer’s ~science Article 1091 words, published May 10 2023 19 votes
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have successfully implanted seven million lab-grown brain cells into a patient to treat Parkinson's disease ~health medicine Article 753 words 23 votes
Plant apocalypse: how new diseases are destroying EU trees and crops ~enviro Article 1473 words 7 votes
The dairy industry really, really doesn’t want you to say “bird flu in cows” ~food Article 1044 words 21 votes
Duty to Warn's John Gartner breaks down Donald Trump's cognitive decline ~health.mental Article 4325 words 32 votes
A discovery among the mummies reveals a sick, sad truth. Parasitic worms plagued these ancient Egyptian Pharaohs. ~humanities.history Link 8 votes
The influencer who “reverses” Lupus with smoothies. Psychiatrist Brooke Goldner makes extraordinary claims about incurable diseases. It’s brought her a mansion, a Ferrari, and a huge social following. ~health diet.raw food Article 2731 words, published Mar 26 2024 18 votes
Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests ~health.mental Article 488 words 22 votes
The rise of arboviral diseases is closely connected to environmental degradation and climate change ~enviro climate change Link 7 votes
Rickets, scurvy, measles and scabies are increasing in the UK alarming health experts ~health Article 1709 words 18 votes
Study reveals why women are at greater risk of autoimmune disease: A molecule made by one X chromosome in every female cell can generate antibodies to a woman’s own tissues ~health medicine Article 1037 words, published Mar 8 2022 23 votes
Scientists document first-ever transmitted Alzheimer’s cases, tied to no-longer-used medical procedure ~health medicine Article 1396 words 28 votes
DNA from stone age chewing gum sheds light on diet and disease in Scandinavia's ancient hunter-gatherers ~humanities.history Article 974 words, published Jan 18 2024 11 votes
Over-capacity ERs are dangerous choke points. But hospital challenges go far deeper. ~health healthcare Article 1451 words, published Jan 13 2024 11 votes
The tragic story of this famous meteorite and the boy who fought the museum that took everything from him ~humanities.history Video 12:44 14 votes
My parents’ dementia felt like the end of joy. But when they got sick, I turned to a new generation of roboticists—and their glowing, talking, blobby creations. ~tech Article 5461 words 19 votes
Philadelphia health department warns of measles cluster among unvaccinated residents that originated with CHOP patient ~health medicine Article 866 words 18 votes
US Food and Drug Administration approves cure for sickle cell disease, the first treatment to use gene-editing tool CRISPR ~health Article 1493 words 49 votes
Denmark topped a list of worst binge drinkers in a new health report from the OECD – Romania and the UK next worst offenders ~health Article 389 words 9 votes
Infants are born with syphilis in growing numbers, a sign of a wider US epidemic ~health Article 1344 words 18 votes
What a striking new study of death in America misses ~health Article 2480 words, published Oct 4 2023 15 votes
Marriage between cousins and extended family members may soon be banned in Norway ~life relationships family Article 376 words 26 votes
Mette Marit of Norway, the princess on sick leave who is raising the visibility of chronic diseases ~health Article 1033 words 7 votes
PEP in your step - the public health politics of Doxycycline STD prophylaxis for unprotected sexual activity ~health Article 2577 words, published Sep 25 2023 14 votes
California workers who cut countertops are dying of an incurable disease ~health Article 1829 words 51 votes
“Inverse vaccine” shows potential to treat multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases ~health medicine Article 798 words, published Sep 11 2023 48 votes
She wrote to a scientist about her fatigue. It inspired a breakthrough. ~health Article 1576 words 37 votes
Ministers set to ban single-use vapes in UK over child addiction fears ~health Article 490 words 30 votes
Two deaths attributed to Nipah virus in Kerala India, fourth outbreak since 2018 ~health Article 3616 words 12 votes
‘People are like, wow!’: The man trying to make condoms sexy ~health Article 5739 words, published Jun 27 2023 25 votes
Finland, Europe's leading producer of fox fur, has begun slaughtering 120,000 foxes and mink to stem an outbreak of avian flu that has hit fur farms ~enviro Article 290 words 8 votes
Maryland reports first locally acquired malaria case in forty years ~health Article 300 words 16 votes
The psychological weight loss strategy | Laurie Coots ~health Video 6:24, published Dec 14 2016 13 votes
White-nose syndrome in bats was detected in Texas in February 2020. Scientists are only now understanding the population loss. ~science biology Article 1863 words 9 votes