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Two men fell gravely ill last year; their infections link to deaths in the ’80s

Doctors soon discovered they were infected with the rare soil bacterium, which causes a disease called melioidosis. Dangerous infection Generally, melioidosis can be difficult to...

America’s fragile drug supply chain is extremely vulnerable to climate change

Vulnerabilities Using data from the Food and Drug Administration, the researchers identified 10,861 drug facilities that were active for at least one year between 2019...

Top pediatricians buck RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine meddling on COVID shot guidance

"It's clear that we're in a different place in the pandemic than we were four or five years ago in terms of risks to healthy...

Texas prepares for war as invasion of flesh-eating flies appears imminent

Past success As the flies' host and geographic range expand, pressure is intensifying to control the flies—something many countries have managed to do in the...

In trial, people lost twice as much weight by ditching ultraprocessed food

In a small randomized controlled trial, people lost twice as much weight when their diet was limited to minimally processed food compared to when they...

Under RFK Jr, CDC skips study on vaccination rates, quietly posts data on drop

Vaccination rates among the country's kindergartners have fallen once again, with coverage of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination dropping from 92.7 percent in...

Man had a cross tattooed on his neck—it vanished, then his flesh started dying

The doctors used a fine needle to draw out what was in the masses to try to understand what was going on. But all they...

Senate confirms CDC director as top FDA official resigns under political pressure

As of yesterday, Susan Monarez is in and Vinay Prasad is out among top federal health officials. In a 51–47 vote along party lines, the...

“It’s shocking”: Massive raw milk outbreak from 2023 finally reported

On October 20, 2023, health officials in the County of San Diego, California, put out a press release warning of a Salmonella outbreak linked to...

Trump’s claims of a Coca-Cola agreement quickly go flat as nutritionists groan

The cloying praise for the still-unconfirmed switch that Coca-Cola has, in fact, not announced was doused with some cold reality from Coca-Cola. While continuing not...

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