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Free Covid tests are back — and new vaccines are at your local pharmacy too.
How Bangladesh removed lead from turmeric spice — and saved lives.
A new study shows how anti-vaxxers quickly regroup when Facebook removes vaccine misinformation.
Phenylephrine and other medications that contain it, like Sudafed PE, don’t work.
Primary care is the foundation of American medicine — and it’s withering.
However bad you think lead poisoning is for the world, it’s worse.
DEEP VZN aimed to discover viruses in wildlife that could threaten humans, but the risks weren’t worth the rewards.
Semaglutide, the main ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, could soon be used for a lot more than weight loss.
Everyone over 6 months should get a new shot, according to the CDC. Should we expect this every year?
Covid transmission continues to ebb and flow — but at least the latest Pirola variant isn’t too menacing.
The biggest sports gambling season ever is kicking off. Are states ready for the consequences?
What happens if Mitch McConnell has to retire?
In just a few days, drugstores like Walgreens will have it in stock, for everyone. Here’s how to use it, and who it will help.
In a sex recession, consider the benefits of a DIY approach.
What “Eris” and “Fornax” tell us about the future of the pandemic.
Patients stand to save a lot of money.
Actually useful ways to help children with homework, bullying, and mental health.
The new science of meditation is just getting started.
It’s tough to know how to talk about a life-threatening illness, whether it’s your own or someone else’s.
The story about Ambien and sex differences in medication isn’t what you think.
The heir to the incandescent bulb is just getting started.
But there are several other better studies that do.
The virus is surging again. Here’s how to be your own contact tracer if you get sick.
A clinical trial suggests the drug could help people avoid the world’s leading cause of death.
This painful, mosquito-borne virus could spread even more if new innovations can’t scale.
Postpartum depression has long been overlooked. A new pill expands potential treatment options.
Too many Americans find it difficult to get mental health care treatment.
Jeanne Marrazzo’s appointment as NIAID director raises hopes the US will take steps to address a burgeoning crisis.
Neanderthals are extinct. But their molecules are back and they just might save our lives.
Scientists are reporting increasing insecticide resistance among American Culex mosquitoes that spread West Nile virus to humans.
Where biomedicine gets it wrong about primate research.
Why cases of alpha-gal syndrome are on the rise.
What to make of the uptick of Covid-19 this summer — and what to expect this winter.
Congress is grappling with the security concerns of the DNA synthesis revolution.
Bronny James’s heart reportedly stopped during practice. Incidents like this are rare but explainable.
“Tripless” drugs might open more opportunities for psychiatry. Just don’t call them psychedelics.
What we know — and what we don’t — about how heat affects mental health.
Heat has a bigger impact on us than we may realize.
What to know about the new RSV antibody shot.
The cases, identified in Florida and Texas, raise a lot of questions.