Category: Health
PFAS “Forever Chemicals” are ubiquitous in water a...
A global survey found harmful levels even in water samples taken far any obvious source of contamination.
Paying off people's medical debt has little impact...
A nonprofit group called R.I.P. Medical Debt has relieved Americans of $11 billion in hospital bills. But that did not improve the...
Sickened by U.S. nuclear program, communities turn...
In St. Louis and around the country, people harmed by the drive for an atomic bomb have been shut out of a federal law enacted to ...
Glasses improve income, not just eyesight
A study found that when farsighted workers in Bangladesh were given free reading glasses, they earned 33 percent more than those w...
Will bird flu hit people soon? Are we ready?
Unlike the coronavirus, the H5N1 virus has been studied for years. Vaccines and treatments are available should they ever become n...
New England Journal of Medicine ignored Nazi atroc...
The New England Journal of Medicine published an article condemning its own record during World War II.
Teen drug use habits are changing, for the good. W...
Dr. Nora Volkow, who leads the National Institutes of Drug Abuse, would like the public to know things are getting better. Mostly.
For holdouts in red states like Kansas, is Medicai...
As Southern states reconsider Medicaid expansion, Gov. Laura Kelly of Kansas is pushing her own plan meant to appeal to conservati...
Ozempic relative slowed Parkinson's disease in sma...
The trial lasted only one year but offered embers of hope to some experts.
To fight bird flu, taxpayers are paying millions t...
Big poultry farms have received millions of dollars for their losses. Animal welfare groups contend that aid reinforces inhumane c...
Patient with transplanted pig kidney leaves hospit...
Richard Slayman, 62, is the first patient to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig. Two weeks after the procedure, he w...
Why do older Americans drink so much?
The pandemic played a role in increased consumption, but alcohol use among people 65 and older was climbing even before 2020.
