Public Health & Epidemiology
About 8% of our genome is made of leftover viruses from our ancestors’ infections.
The acceptance of fashionable nonsense is a threat to Enlightenment values and public health.
The key to curbing sugar intake may lie in the gut rather than our tastebuds.
Based on product labeling claims, scientists hypothesized that green cleaners were less toxic. They were wrong.
The crabs’ blue blood contains an ancient immune defense mechanism that has helped save countless human lives.
People living in non-industrialized societies don’t get pimples.
A medical entomologist points to metabolism, body odor, and mindset.
The new agency wants to push the boundaries of science and technology.
Certain cancers are striking earlier than they used to.
“Our risk-benefit analysis showed that benefits exceeded procedural risks… by up to 200 to 1.”
Living at a higher elevation is a double-edged sword.
Salt causes a dehydration-like state that encourages the conversion of the starch in the french fry to fructose.
Before anesthetics, some patients would die of the pain on the operating table.
Is it deliberate fraud or just bad research?
The antibodies elicited by the “S2 vaccine” not only neutralize COVID’s multiple strains but also coronaviruses that cause the common cold.
He couldn’t identify the numbers 2 through 9. But strangely, he could still see ones and zeros.
When scientists tested this hydrogel on mice, they had cleaner teeth than most humans.
It’s simple to make, easy to use, and should work against any variant.
Scientific journals, which are supposed to be the sacred scriptures of academia, are often full of shoddy research and misinformation.
“This fourth wave will be worse than it’s ever been before.”
The world is aging, and with age comes vision decline. New research may have found how to improve eyesight in an accessible way.
NicoBoard is an app that helps parents make sense of a frightening time.
The good news is that it can be countered with acne medication.
Most American men who die by suicide do not have any known history of mental health problems. So, what is to blame?
There’s a fatal prion infection killing deer and elk across North America.
In 200 years, the mortality rate for children under the age of five (per 1,000 live births) has dropped from 40% to 3.7%.
Deaths of despair are skyrocketing in the U.S., while at the same time, they are falling in other wealthy countries. What are we doing wrong?
Robinson v. California helped to established a rehabilitative ideal: addiction should be dealt with as a therapeutic matter.
This isn’t America’s first rodeo with monkeypox. In 2003, the virus swept across America thanks to a shipment of exotic animals.