Denmark’s childhood vaccine schedule comes with a heavy price
During my time practicing medicine in Denmark, there was a day in the pediatric ward I will never…
Do statins really cause those side effects? What the data shows
Far fewer people who could benefit from statins actually take the cholesterol-lowering drugs now. Many who start taking…
The shingles vaccine not only stops symptoms. It may reduce dementia and aging.
An elixir for keeping our brains and bodies younger may already be sitting on pharmacy shelves across the…
New study reveals deadly impact of wildfire smoke pollution in the US
Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the…
Scientists Ring the Alarm About ‘Particularly Dangerous’ Organisms That Are a ‘Rising Threat’
Brain tissue that has been infected with a brain-eating amoeba. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty NEED TO KNOW Scientists are sounding…
Measles Is Causing Brain Swelling in Children in South Carolina
Some children affected by measles in the ongoing South Carolina outbreak have developed a serious complication of the…
Particle pollution from wildfire smoke was tied to 24,100 deaths a year in US: Study
Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the…
Sixth pediatric flu death reported in Massachusetts, according to state health data
REENA ROY, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT A SIXTH CHILD HAS DIED FROM THE FLU.…
HHS Is Making an AI Tool to Create Hypotheses About Vaccine Injury Claims
The US Department of Health and Human Services is developing a generative artificial intelligence tool to find patterns…
Smallpox killed 300 million people last century. One man helped stop it.
Had William Foege been a military general or a CEO or a politician, his death on January 24…
Physician assistants CAN’T replace doctors
When you go to an urgent care center or the emergency room for help, you might not actually…
A Mysterious Bat Virus in Bangladesh Is Deadlier Than We Thought, and Now Infecting Humans
Between late 2022 and early 2023, five patients arrived at hospitals in Bangladesh with symptoms that screamed “Nipah…