FDA Accelerates Action on Treatments for Serious Mental Illness Following Executive Order
President Trump on April 18 issued an Executive Order directing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…
Why America’s HIV epidemic hasn’t ended
Brenton Williams finally felt he had the proper health insurance to ask his doctor about PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis),…
Study highlights the fragility of measles elimination in the United States
A new study examined measles vaccination coverage following a large postelimination outbreak, primarily affecting unvaccinated children. Findings from…
What are peptides? The treatments promising weight loss and better skin, explained
Peptides seem to be everywhere — and there are more on the way. Adherents promise these tiny chains…
Dead squirrels spark health alert at Runyon Canyon
Hikers at a popular trail have been warned to steer clear of squirrels after people reported seeing sick…
How history can help future leaders protect the environment
This Earth Day, environmental advocates are looking backward as well as forward. With the U.S. federal government dramatically…
The COVID Reckoning Doesn’t Go Far Enough
The public health establishment lost America’s trust during the COVID-19 pandemic with its bureaucratic incompetence, “noble lies,” and…
DNR findssewage lagoon violated state clean water laws | Local News
A sewage lagoon within the Byrnes Mill Farms mobile home park was found in violation of water pollution…
‘Bat feast’ animal videos at African cave offer clues to how deadly viruses spread
Researchers caught an African leopard on camera eating bats from a cave in Uganda. It might be the…
New COVID subvariant ‘Cicada’ is on the rise in California
A highly mutated COVID-19 strain is circulating in California — raising concerns that disease activity could rise heading…
HHS Announces $4 Million KidneyX EMPOWER Prize Challenge and Health Technology Project to Advance Living Kidney Donation and Patient-Centered Innovation
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the 2026 KidneyX EMPOWER Prize Challenge, a…
Vaccine skepticism not as widespread as recent headlines suggest
Two years ago, I wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine that one of the greatest threats to childhood…