December 1, 2025
(WSJ) – A generational rift hangs over the reboot of the plant to power Microsoft data centers. For some, it is a step backward; for others, it is the key to economic revival. Forty-six years have passed since America’s worst … Read More
November 28, 2025
(STAT News) – Ahead of a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting, assessing the evidence is paramount On Dec. 4, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is expected to vote on whether to maintain the long-standing recommendation that all … Read More
November 28, 2025
(The Times) – Colossus, an xAI computer facility, is blamed for worsening air pollution in a historic black community On the banks of the Mississippi, a sulfurous stench hits the back of the throat near Elon Musk’s Colossus, the largest … Read More
November 26, 2025
(WLWT) – Another infant has died of whooping cough in Kentucky, becoming the third child to die of the illness in the last 12 months across the state. The first two deaths in the state represented the first whooping cough … Read More
November 26, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – But supplementation—whether covered by a health-care provider or not—can be important. As those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere spend fewer of our waking hours in sunlight, let’s consider the importance of vitamin D. Yes, … Read More
November 26, 2025
(The Atlantic) – The idea of artificially lowering the planet’s temperature is gaining supporters and hitting political opposition. For years, the idea of geoengineering—artificially lowering global temperatures through technological means—has been met with skepticism. Only a handful of dedicated and … Read More
November 24, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – Unlike much of Europe and East Asia, America hasn’t reached the point at which we have more people dying than we do being born. At least not in the long run. We briefly blew past … Read More
November 21, 2025
(New York Times) – A previous version denied a link between vaccines and autism. It now echoes the doubts about that conclusion voiced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website that previously … Read More
November 21, 2025
(Ars Technica) – ByHeart announced on Thursday that its own testing identified the bacterium that causes botulism in its baby formula, which is linked to an ongoing infant botulism outbreak that has doubled since last week. As of November 19, … Read More
November 20, 2025
(CNN via MSN) – A Washington resident has been hospitalized with bird flu, according to the Washington State Health Department, and they’re infected with a strain of the virus that hasn’t been seen in humans before. It’s the first reported … Read More
November 18, 2025
(Ars Technica) – Federal health officials have linked two massive US measles outbreaks, confirming that the country is about two months away from losing its measles elimination status, according to a report by The New York Times. The Times obtained … Read More
November 14, 2025
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November 13, 2025
(KFF Health News) – The amount of air pollution she was exposed to — specifically, the level of fine particulate matter called PM2.5 — was less than half that of his exposure. Was it a coincidence that he had developed … Read More
November 13, 2025
(NPR) – A new drug, called GanLum, was more than 97% effective at treating malaria in clinical trials carried out across 12 African countries, researchers reported Wednesday at the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in Toronto. That’s as … Read More
November 11, 2025
(STAT News) – Now in retirement, he calls funeral homes and surveys undertakers to document alleged vaccine harms. Over the next two days, I heard versions of the same arc again and again: loss reframed as mission, grievance redirected into … Read More
November 5, 2025
(Undark) – Some experts believe CKD is the first chronic illness directly linked to climate change. Prevention may be possible. Ignacio, who is undocumented and asked that his last name not be used, was diagnosed with Stage 5 kidney disease … Read More
November 5, 2025
(KFF Health News) – When there’s an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease, state health officials typically take certain steps to alert residents and issue public updates about the growing threat. That’s standard practice, public health and infectious disease experts told … Read More
November 5, 2025
(The Atlantic) – The decline in drinking coincides with a decline in social activity more broadly. A variety of causes have been blamed for this trend toward isolation, phones chief among them. Maybe the phone theory is correct, and maybe … Read More
October 31, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – Preventing the common cold is extremely tricky—but not impossible. We all got our flu jabs a month ago. Why couldn’t we get a vaccine to protect us against the common cold, too? Scientists have been working … Read More
October 30, 2025
(ABC News) – Younger generations of Americans are increasingly citing climate change as making them reticent to have children, according to several studies. They are worried about bringing children into a world with increasing and more intense extreme weather events, … Read More
October 30, 2025
(UPI) – As medical concerns mount over chronic pain among young smartphone users dubbed “tech neck,” experts are calling for new measures to counteract the phenomenon, which they warn can potentially lead to early-onset spinal problems. The warnings come as … Read More
October 28, 2025
(NPR) – When there’s an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease, state health officials typically take certain steps to alert residents and issue public updates about the growing threat. That’s standard practice, public health and infectious disease experts told NPR and … Read More
October 28, 2025
(MedPage Today) – linicians are raising concerns that trendy “Dubai-style chocolate” could be landing more food allergy patients in the emergency department, especially as Halloween approaches. Some may not realize that pistachio is a key ingredient, but that’s not the … Read More
October 28, 2025
(Reuters via Yahoo!) – Stillbirths in the U.S. are more common than previously reported, affecting roughly 1 in 150 pregnancies, and rates are even higher in lower-income areas, according to results from a large study published on Monday. The national … Read More
October 27, 2025
(Axios) – Migratory birds aredriving up avian flu cases across the country, reviving concerns about U.S. readiness to respond to outbreaks, especially during the government shutdown. Why it matters: The most immediate concern is how the spread of the disease … Read More
