How to minimize the health risks of wildfire smoke
More than a hundred million people in the US are under air quality alerts as smoke from nearly 3,500 fires…
Health
admin Testosterone doesn’t mean what most people think it does
Make sure the number on a testosterone check opens a real evaluation of health instead of becoming a shortcut to…
Not everything you see online has to apply to you
“Bean soup theory” refers to people thinking all content they see online should apply to them. Here’s why this is…
Merck’s cholesterol pill gets US FDA approval
Merck said on Thursday the U.S. FDA has approved its cholesterol pill, the first of its kind to receive the…
Inside RFK Jr.’s push to dismantle decades of U.S. vaccine policy
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has brought a series of once-unthinkable public-health proposals to the highest levels of the Trump administration.
Hegseth announces new policy to test troops for low testosterone
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that he is rolling out a new screening program for “testosterone deficiency” among troops,…
An outbreak of diarrhea from a parasite is surging. Here’s what to eat and what to avoid
Cases of diarrhea caused by the parasite cyclospora continues to climb. It’s easy to wonder: Is there anything in the…
A new blood test may predict Alzheimer’s risk. It isn’t ready for prime time
Blood tests for tau, a key biomarker of Alzheimer’s disease, may predict dementia risk, a new study found. How best…
Dozens of New York cooling towers test positive for Legionnaires’ bacteria as outbreak reaches 60 cases
New York City is managing a community cluster of Legionnaires’ disease cases on the Upper East Side that officials believe…
Outbreak of diarrhea from parasite expands to more states as US cases soar beyond last year’s level
There have been 1,645 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis acquired in the United States since May 1 and thousands more are…