President is Old. Bruising on Trump’s Hand is From Handshaking
Users on social media have been questioning bruises on Donald Trump’s hands and swollen ankles. The White House released an explanation.
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Podcast: The Prescription Drug Playbook, Part 2
In response to the high price of prescription drugs, “An Arm and a Leg” asked listeners to share their strategies for getting the medicine they need at prices they can manage.
Senate Panel Approves Trump Pick to Head CDC
Susan Monarez’s nomination now goes to the floor, where she will likely secure the votes needed to assume the role.
Chicago residents risk daily exposure from lead pipes. Replacing them will take decades.
Chicago has the most lead service lines in the country and doesn’t plan to finish replacing them until 2076.
How Plants Could Save Us From ‘Forever Chemicals’
Tools to address PFAS pollution are limited. Here's what researchers are learning about how these chemicals travel through the environment — and what farmers and landowners can do about it.
How vaccine skeptics sow doubt on established science
Vaccine advocates say ACIP’s plans to review the government’s childhood vaccine schedule could undermine long-accepted consensus and public confidence.
Kennedy’s Vaccine Advisers Sow Doubts as Scientists Protest US Pivot on Shots
As fired and retired scientists rallied outside in the Atlanta heat, an advisory panel that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. handpicked to replace experts he’d fired earlier met inside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s headquarters to plan a more skeptical vaccine future. The new members of the…
It’s Not Just the Cities. Extreme Heat is a Growing Threat to Rural America.
The urban heat island sits in a rural heat ocean.
Meet Nimbus: The newest COVID-19 Variant Frolicking Across the U.S.
The NB.1.8.1 variant, nicknamed “razor-blade throat,” could drive up COVID-19 cases this summer
Federal Judge rules Trump’s Termination of NIH Grants Illegal
In a ruling issued Monday, the judge called the government’s directives “arbitrary and capricious” and ordered funding for some of the NIH grants, including many profiled by ProPublica in recent months, to be restored.
Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s Drugs
The FDA’s 2022 inspection of the Sun Pharma factory in India warned of contaminations and deficiencies. But the plant received permission from the FDA to continue shipping more than a dozen generic medications to Americans.
Measles cases in 34 states. North Dakota now the focus
North Dakota now has the highest number of Measles cases. It had a 90% vaccination rate among kindergarteners for the 2024-25 school year, a decline from about 95% in 2019-20.
Tulane scientist resigns, citing ‘gag order’ on environmental justice research
Emails show a racial disparities study angered elected Louisiana officials and potential donors to a $600 million university-led redevelopment project
Plastic pollution: a health crisis in Africa
African leaders must treat plastic pollution as an urgent public health crisis, write global health specialists Sophie Masika and Lorraine Mugambi-Nyaboga.
‘We dissent’: NIH workers protest Trump policies that ‘harm the health of Americans’
NIH workers openly protested policies of the Trump administration that they feel will harm the health of Americans.
Podcast: Eugene Litvak and his mathematical solution for US hospitals
For decades, Eugene Litvak has been on a mission to save U.S. hospitals money and improve the lives of doctors, nurses, and patients.
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