RFK, Jr., Fires CDC Vaccine Panel, Oceans Are Acidifying, and Pangolins Face Newly Understood Threat
Major changes hit a key CDC vaccine advisory panel, ocean acidification crosses a critical threshold, and new research reveals an unexpected threat to pangolins.
This Ant Has a Sting Worse Than a Fire Ant’s—Here’s How to Avoid It
The Asian needle ant looks ordinary, but its sting can be worse than a fire ant’s and can be dangerous for anyone who has experienced anaphylaxis
Read all the stories you want.
Planned NIH Cuts Threaten Americans’ Health, Senators Charge in Tense Hearing
Senators grilled NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya the day after more than 300 NIH staff members sent him a fiery letter protesting the cancellation of thousands of research projects
New Map Shows How Gun Deaths of Children Have Increased in States with Loose Firearm Laws
Gun violence is the leading cause of death of children in the U.S.—and states with loose gun control laws bear the heaviest burden, a new study found
How RFK, Jr.’s Dismissal of CDC Immunization Committee Panelists Will Affect America’s Vaccine Access
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., abruptly removes all 17 sitting members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). An epidemiologist explains how this will affect people’s health and vaccine access
White House Launches Another Assault on Science Funding
The Trump administration is targeting still more federal science funding, this time more than $30 billion at the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation and other agencies
Can You Still Get a COVID Vaccine This Fall? Here’s What to Know
In recent years COVID shots joined flu shots as an annual offering at most neighborhood pharmacies. But the current administration has thrown that into uncertainty
Science-Backed Ways to Stay Healthy during Salmonella Outbreak in Eggs
To prevent Salmonella food poisoning, refrigerate your eggs, cook them well, never eat them raw and clean, clean, clean
What’s behind the Mysterious Epidemic of Kidney Disease Killing Thousands of Young Men?
As cases of chronic kidney disease emerge in outdoor laborers around the world, scientists are finding that repeated damage from prolonged extreme heat seems to be a leading factor to kidney failure
Inside the Collapse of America’s Overdose Prevention Program
Layoffs and funding freezes have gutted the CDC’s response to the opioid crisis—just as harm reduction was beginning to work
Government Layoffs Could Make It Easier to Scrap Heat Safety Rules
Government layoffs threaten to make it easier for the Trump administration to ditch draft heat safety regulations
The World Isn’t Ready for the Mental Health Toll of Extreme Heat
Temperatures are rising, and so are mental health risks