Public Health & Epidemiology

Because the milk was thin and had an unnatural, bluish tint, vendors stirred in additives such as chalk, flour, eggs, and Plaster-of-Paris.

Cancer cells hoard iron in unusually high quantities. Scientists have discovered how to leverage this to create safer cancer drugs.

To put things in perspective, the cost of sequencing a single genome in 2012 was around $10,000.

CRISPR, stem cells, and even cancer drugs are helping shape an AIDS-free future.

This is especially true for three key groups.

Over a third are worried that vaccines can cause "canine autism."

Football is a risky sport, but bicycling to work is far more dangerous.

Today's popular weight-loss drugs could soon be joined by brain stimulation and gene therapies.

Sixty years later, will anybody have heard of COVID?

A high-fat diet might trigger inflammation of the hypothalamus.

Can targeted interventions save Americans?

Ethicist and doctor Simon Whitney argues that society's overly cautious approach to medical research is blocking breakthroughs.

The topical gene therapy could one day help millions regain their vision.

Unless you're drinking a dozen diet sodas per day, you have nothing to worry about — and maybe not even then.

It could lead to earlier diagnoses, better treatment, and fewer deaths from pancreatic cancer, which kills 88% of patients within five years.

Don't feel compelled to start a napping routine just yet.

Retatrutide, Eli Lilly's innovative "triple g" drug, is setting new standards in the fight against obesity.

For better and worse, the Columbian Exchange plugged the Americas into the global system — and there was no going back.

To advance the gender-affirming healthcare of all those who transition, we must also understand the nature and causes of those who detransition.

And it seems to work alongside popular weight-loss medications, like Ozempic.

A new online religion is spreading misinformation and phony products.

A secret to a long, healthy life may lie in the diversity of gut viruses, which can supercharge bacterial metabolism and resist disease.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline relaunched last year with a new number, yet few Americans are aware of the helpline and its purpose.

A study found that older adults who cannot balance on one foot for ten seconds have an 84% higher risk of death than those who can.

Tardigrades can completely dehydrate and later rehydrate themselves, a survival trick that scientists are harnessing to preserve medicines in hot temperatures.

Energy balance is the greatest arbiter of weight gain. Embrace the "oinker diet."

Bram Stoker's mother survived a terrible cholera outbreak and recounted the ghastly scenes to her son years later.

Walking is rarer in the U.S. compared to similar nations. It is also deadlier: Nearly 7,500 pedestrians were killed in 2021.

Germans are masters of building cars, cooking brats — and sitting while peeing.

Some scientists think we should allow our bodies to more harmlessly live with pathogens until they’re cleared from our systems.