January 31, 2025
(NPR) – Kids and teens should mostly stick to water and plain milk and avoid drinks with added sugar, artificial sweeteners and caffeine. That’s according to new recommendations from a coalition of health and nutrition organizations, which come as highly … Read More
January 31, 2025
European Journal of Human Genetics (vol. 33, no. 1, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
January 30, 2025
(BBC) – Uganda’s ministry of health has confirmed a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital, Kampala, with one reported death. The victim was a 32-year-old male nurse whose symptoms included “high fever, chest pain, and difficulty in … Read More
January 30, 2025
(The Guardian) – Tiny plastic pollution more than 50% higher in placentas from preterm births than in those from full-term births A study has found microplastic and nanoplastic pollution to be significantly higher in placentas from premature births than in … Read More
January 30, 2025
(PhysOrg) – “We expect that these natural lipid coatings produced by the bear will help us to develop new, more sustainable anti-icing coatings that may replace problematic ‘forever chemicals’ like PFAS that have been used as anti-icing coatings.” (Read More)
January 30, 2025
(ABC News) – Bird flu appears to be widespread among birds in Massachusetts, state health and environmental officials said Wednesday. The Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife), the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health … Read More
January 29, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Measles and mumps are viral diseases so rare that fewer than one in 40,000 Americans catch either of them in a given year. Getting rubella is less likely than getting struck by lightning. But as recently … Read More
January 28, 2025
(New York Times) – A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including cattle that may have been reinfected. When bird flu first struck dairy cattle a year ago, it seemed … Read More
January 28, 2025
(Axios) – Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University are working on a novel approach to influenza vaccination that could provide broad protection against multiple strains — including the H5N1 bird flu virus — without the yearly injection. The big … Read More
January 27, 2025
(The Independent) – ‘Currently, Kansas has the largest outbreak that they’ve ever had in history’ said a Kansas Department of Health and Environment official An unprecedented wave of tuberculosis infections has struck the state of Kansas as nearly 70 cases … Read More
January 24, 2025
(Science) – On 2 January, Japan’s regulatory agency issued a news release that startled some scientists: It had approved the antiviral drug tecovirimat, also known as TPOXX, for the treatment of mpox and two cousins, smallpox and cowpox. No treatments … Read More
January 24, 2025
(Optimist Daily) – In a nation known for its relentless work ethic, Tokyo is making waves by introducing a four-day workweek for government employees starting this April. It’s a move aimed at tackling Japan’s record-low fertility rates while promoting better … Read More
January 24, 2025
(The Atlantic) – The greatest difficulty with measuring loneliness—and deciding how much to focus on ending it—may be that we don’t really know what loneliness is. Different people, researchers told me, seem to mean different things when they say they’re … Read More
January 24, 2025
American Journal of Law & Medicine (vol. 50, no. 1-2, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
January 23, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – WHO funds are spent on a range of global health projects—programs to eradicate polio, rapidly respond to health emergencies, improve access to vaccines and medicines, develop pandemic prevention strategies, and more. The loss of US funding … Read More
January 23, 2025
(Wired) – H5N1 vaccines have been previously licensed, and millions are in the national stockpile. But even with the news of the country’s first human death due to bird flu, vaccination isn’t yet recommended. The US has previously licensed three … Read More
January 23, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 391, no. 23, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
January 22, 2025
(New York Times) – It has turned doctors into stars, put taboo subjects on main and given all of us a place to explore our well-being. In tens of millions of videos, users have opened up about their health and … Read More
January 21, 2025
(NBC News) – As fears grow of a possible bird flu pandemic in humans, the federal government is pouring more money into the development of new vaccines, including an mRNA shot. On Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services … Read More
January 21, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Most ads for liquor or beer include a reminder to “drink responsibly.” Still, the alcohol industry depends on people who drink more than public-health officials say is safe. A fifth of adults account for an estimated … Read More
January 20, 2025
Hastings Center Report (vol. 54, Issue S2, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
January 17, 2025
(New York Times) – Medical historians say that the phrase “Make America Healthy Again” obscures a past during which this country’s people ate, smoked and drank things that mostly left them unwell. John Harley Warner, a historian at Yale, said, … Read More
January 16, 2025
(Nature) – Epidemiological studies have linked dirty air to dementia and other brain disorders. Now researchers are trying to determine how pollutants do their damage, and how much harm they cause. Now, this area of research is getting more notice … Read More
January 16, 2025
(NPR) – An international committee of scientists has proposed a change to the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The goal is to offer a more nuanced and objective way to assess body composition, by adding more metrics, such as … Read More
January 16, 2025
(BBC) – Families of those harmed by Covid vaccines told the UK Covid Inquiry they were forced to support each other during the pandemic because there was no other help. Kate Scott, who represents the group Vaccine Injured and Bereaved … Read More