Month: February 2025

The current flu season is shaping up to be the worst in a decade. So far, there have been at least 29 million illnesses and 370,000 hospitalizations related to the … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

Teams evaluating high-tech surgical robots and insulin-delivery systems were gutted by Trump layoffs even though industry fees, not taxpayers, financed the employee salaries. View original article Contributor: Christina Jewett

America’s opioid crisis is showing signs of subsiding, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. Drug overdose deaths decreased by 4% between 2022 and … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

The Trump administration appears to be flouting a judge’s order pausing the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. View original article Contributor: Stephanie Nolen

But the study, whose publication was delayed by a pause in public communications by the agency, leaves key questions unanswered. View original article Contributor: Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli

Most of us eat too much salt. We may not use the salt shaker, but we eat out too often and we eat too many processed and packaged foods. Three … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

“Red is a powerful color,” a report by the folks at Scientific American proclaims, “the color of love and of hate. … Some of the hue’s significance has a biological … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

In his first month in office, President Donald Trump and his Administration have taken a number of actions affecting abortion and reproductive healthcare access, both within the United States and internationally—and reproductive rights advocates worry that more is still to come. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Trump has publicly expressed his anti-abortion views, but he was vague during … Read more