4. The Politics of Health

The state already has a six-week abortion ban.

Nature - Paper on hydroxychloroquine led by French researcher Didier Raoult is second-most-cited study ever to be withdrawn.

Dalan Animal Health is working to sell its bee vaccines to commercial beekeepers and governments – and potentially expand to other invertebrates.

Senate minority leader contracted the disease as a child, before the wildly successful vaccine was licensed

Below is the alleged short manifesto written by Luigi Mangione, the suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City last week. To

While Reddit mods and admin try to keep up with the site's "no violence" terms of use, Facebook and LinkedIn is reacting with tens of thousands of laughing emojis.

Following the shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, multiple major health insurance companies have taken their executive leadership pages offline.

Republicans and Democrats on the House subcommittee to evaluate the pandemic response, released two very different reports this week

The colonial legacy of healthcare is laid bare in an urgent study of how medicine has progressed – and who has been left behind

Dr. Jerome Adams, who served as the U.S. Surgeon General during the first Trump administration, is warning Republicans that they will own any disease outbreaks that occur on their watch. President-elect Donald Trump has made controversial nominations for public health roles, including Robert F. Kenn...

America's moral licensing problem.

America's moral licensing problem.

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The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.

So why are politicians letting them influence policies and law?

We are living in a vaccine-hesitant moment, with conspiracy theories thriving on social media. We need to push back, says Simon Williams

Autism diagnoses surged by 175% in the United States from 2011 to 2022, with the greatest relative increases in young adults, women, and children in multiple racial and ethnic groups.

New research has found inflammatory markers in the blood of long COVID patients which could explain why many experience ongoing cardiovascular issues.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has been antivax for two decades. His fellow travelers are not happy about his leaving out vaccines in his "Make America Healthy Again."

If Drs. Vinay Prasad and Tracy Hoeg want to prove they actually care about routine vaccines, they can do what the should have done a long time ago and openly and unequivocally denounce Mr. Kennedy and his fire hose of anti-vaxx disinformation.

An incident in Mississippi provides a window into a dystopian future where USPS workers and local cops can block people from accessing reproductive care.

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Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with rightwing extremist, recordings reveal

Storms Helene and Milton have triggered rise of misinformation stoked by Trump and fellow Republicans

As the pandemic progresses, we're growing increasingly aware COVID-19 affects multiple parts of the body beyond the lungs. That includes the skin, writes Michael Freeman.