| Date | Title | Description |
| 09.09.2025 | Scientists are baffled by a powerful and long-lasting gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy | By MARCIA DUNN
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have discovered a gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy that’s not only exceptionally powerful, but also long-lasting. Related Articles
New findings by NASA Mars rover provide strongest... |
| 05.09.2025 | Trump administration investigates Medicaid spending on immigrants in Democratic states | By ANGELA HART/KFF Health News and DEVI SHASTRI/The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration is taking its immigration crackdown to the health care safety net, launching Medicaid spending probes in at least six De... |
| 05.09.2025 | Thousands of newborn stars dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope | By MARCIA DUNN
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Thousands of newborn stars sparkle and dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope. This image provided by NASA on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, shows a scene of star birth in Pismis 24, ... |
| 04.09.2025 | Takeaways from RFK Jr.’s contentious hearing before Senate lawmakers | By MATTHEW PERRONE and ALI SWENSON, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A contentious three-hour hearing between U.S. senators and Robert Kennedy Jr. devolved into multiple screaming matches on Thursday as the nation’s health secretary fende... |
| 04.09.2025 | Kennedy tries to defend COVID-19 vaccine stance in raucous Senate hearing | By MATT BROWN and MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., facing pointed bipartisan questioning at a rancorous three-hour Senate committee hearing on Thursday, tried to defend his efforts... |
| 04.09.2025 | Yes, weighted vests can help amp up your workout. Here’s what to know | By KENYA HUNTER
In the fitness class Jessie Syfko created for a nationwide gym chain, exercisers wear weighted vests that add a challenge to their workouts. Related Articles
Florida’s vaccine mandate removal: What it means for public health... |
| 31.08.2025 | Nonalcoholic beer and mocktails can help people stay sober or drink less, but are not for everyone | “It’s important to recognize that these are probably not one-size-fits-all products,” said researcher Molly Bowdring of Stanford University. “You might see peers or friends or family members use them and have no problem with them, but it re... |
| 29.08.2025 | With CDC in chaos, scientists and physicians piece together replacements for agency’s lost work | But these outside efforts don’t have the federal funding, resources, legal mechanisms or platform that have been the underpinning of the nation’s public health system. As noble as they are, these patchwork efforts probably won’t cut it, som... |
| 29.08.2025 | Trump’s new CDC chief: A Washington health insider with a libertarian streak | A former associate of billionaire tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel, O’Neill previously helped run one of Thiel’s investment funds and later managed several of his other projects. Those included a nonprofit working to develop manmade islands th... |
| 28.08.2025 | CDC gets new acting director as leadership turmoil leaves agency reeling | No explanation given for CDC director’s ouster
Kennedy has not explained the decision to oust Monarez less than a month after she was sworn in, but he warned that more turnover could be coming.
“There’s a lot of trouble at the CDC and it’s ... |
| 28.08.2025 | Salmonella outbreak tied to recalled eggs has sickened 95 people since January | Symptoms of salmonella poisoning include diarrhea, fever, severe vomiting, dehydration and stomach cramps. Most people who get sick recover within a week. Infections can be severe in young children, older adults and people with weakened imm... |
| 27.08.2025 | CDC director Susan Monarez is out after less than a month on the job and other agency leaders resign | “This is not about one official. It is about the systematic dismantling of public health institutions, the silencing of experts, and the dangerous politicization of science. The attack on Dr. Monarez is a warning to every American: our evid... |
| 25.08.2025 | Maryland resident is diagnosed with New World screwworm. What to know about the parasite | The pest was a recurring problem for the American cattle industry for decades, with Florida and Texas known as hot spots, until the U.S. largely eradicated it in the 1960s and 1970s. FILE – A New World screwworm larvae sits at rest in this ... |
| 22.08.2025 | Another US military mini shuttle launches on a secret mission | The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
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| 21.08.2025 | More frozen shrimp recalled for possible radioactive contamination | The FDA advises consumers not to eat the recalled products. Traces of Cesium-137 are widespread in the environment including food, soil and air. The primary health risk is through long-term, repeated low-dose exposure, which can increase th... |
| 20.08.2025 | Scientists get a rare peek inside of an exploding star | “We have never observed a star that was stripped to this amount,” said Northwestern University’s Steve Schulze, who was part of the discovery team that published the research Wednesday in the journal Nature.
The finding lends evidence to id... |
| 20.08.2025 | At least 600 CDC employees are getting final termination notices, union says | Related Articles
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| 18.08.2025 | Texas declares measles outbreak over | Even with that outbreak over, Texas will likely see more cases as the virus spreads worldwide, officials said.
At least 19 U.S. states have had measles outbreaks this year. Across the border in Chihuahua, Mexico, an outbreak that started wi... |
| 14.08.2025 | Six planets are hanging out in early morning skies this month. Here’s how to spot them | Mercury will be at its farthest point from the sun on Tuesday morning, making it easier to spot before it disappears into the sun’s glare.
To catch the planets, go out in the morning shortly before sunrise and look east. Try to find Jupiter... |
| 12.08.2025 | Costs of Care and The Leapfrog Group Now Accepting Nominations for the Annual Steven Schroeder Award for Outstanding Healthcare CEO | Steven Schroeder, MD
The Steven Schroeder Award recognizes a hospital and/or health system CEO who is demonstrating courageous and ethical leadership addressing the twin issues of affordability and quality of health care in their community.... |
| 08.08.2025 | Trump executive order gives politicians control over all federal grants, alarming researchers | “This is taking political control of a once politically neutral mechanism for funding science in the U.S.,” said Joseph Bak-Coleman, a scientist studying group decision-making at the University of Washington.
The changes will delay grant re... |
| 08.08.2025 | Boar’s Head plans to reopen troubled deli meat plant, but reports of sanitation problems persist | And yet, documents obtained by The Associated Press through a freedom of information request show that Boar’s Head plants in Arkansas, Indiana and elsewhere in Virginia were flagged for the same kinds of sanitation problems that led to the ... |
| 07.08.2025 | RFK Jr.’s vow to overhaul vaccine injury program echoes grievances of anti-vaccine movement | Program is credited with saving the U.S. vaccine industry
Signed into law under President Ronald Reagan, the compensation program is designed to provide quick, efficient compensation to Americans who report known injuries associated with va... |
| 07.08.2025 | Hubble Space Telescope takes best picture yet of the comet visiting from another solar system | The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
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| 06.08.2025 | New studies tie unrecognized deaths and health problems to Maui and LA wildfires | The results conform with existing understanding of the effects of extreme weather events, some experts said.
How to track the indirect impacts of disastrous events has been a continuing subject of academic research and even legislative prop... |
| 06.08.2025 | Project Equity launches comprehensive U.S. employee ownership policy database | This new, interactive tool empowers advocates, researchers, and policymakers with access to local, state, and federal EO policies
OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Project Equity, a national leader in advancing employee ow... |
| 05.08.2025 | The world nearly beat polio. But fake records, an imperfect vaccine and missteps aided its comeback | But in its quest to eliminate the disease, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative has been derailed by mismanagement and what insiders describe as blind allegiance to an outdated strategy and a problematic oral vaccine, according to worker... |
| 05.08.2025 | Got the sniffles? Here’s what to know about summer colds, COVID-19 and more | Flu is trending down and RSV was steady this week. But COVID-19 is trending up in many mid-Atlantic, southeast, Southern and West Coast states.
The expectation is that COVID-19 will eventually settle into a winter seasonal pattern like othe... |
| 04.08.2025 | Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars | The culprit? Bacteria that has also infected shellfish, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution.
The findings “solve a long-standing question about a very serious disease in the ocean,” said Rebecca... |
| 31.07.2025 | Fireflies are lighting up summer skies. But the glowing bugs are still on the decline | “It would be a mistake to say firefly populations are high this year, therefore there’s no decline,” said Matt Schlesinger with the New York Natural Heritage Program, who is part of an effort to count fireflies in state parks. Related Artic... |
| 31.07.2025 | US childhood vaccination rates fall again as exemptions set another record | “The decision to vaccinate is a personal one. Parents should consult their health care providers on options for their families,” the statement said, adding; “Vaccination remains the most effective way to protect children from serious diseas... |
| 30.07.2025 | A submersible finds sea creatures thriving in the deepest parts of the ocean | The findings were published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
In the absence of light to make their own food, many trench-dwellers big and small survive on key elements like carbon that trickle down from higher in the ocean.
Scientists think... |
| 30.07.2025 | FDA vaccine chief leaving agency after less than 3 months | His contrarian approach appeared to match that of his boss FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, who repeatedly praised Prasad’s work and intellect.
But in recent weeks Prasad became a target of right-wing activists, including Laura Loomer, who fl... |
| 29.07.2025 | Deion Sanders had bladder cancer. Here’s what to know about a disease that’s more common in men | What is bladder cancer?
This cancer starts when the cells in the bladder, which stores urine, grow out of control and form tumors. In some cases, the cancer spreads to other parts of the body.
The most common symptom for bladder cancer is b... |
| 29.07.2025 | US health officials crack down on kratom-related products after complaints from supplement industry | “7-OH is an opioid that can be more potent than morphine,” said FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. “We need regulation and public education to prevent another wave of the opioid epidemic.”
The agency’s recommendation will be reviewed by the Dru... |
| 28.07.2025 | To stay sharper while aging, get active, challenge your brain, and eat healthy | “We’re all on a cognitive aging clock and anything we can do to slow that clock down, to me, that is a significant benefit,” said Laura Baker of Wake Forest University School of Medicine, who led the study. What’s good for the heart is good... |
| 17.07.2025 | Healthy babies born in Britain after scientists used DNA from three people to avoid genetic disease | Using this method means the embryo has DNA from three people — from the mother’s egg, the father’s sperm and the donor’s mitochondria — and it required a 2016 U.K. law change to approve it. It is also allowed in Australia but not in many ot... |
| 17.07.2025 | Researchers try new ways of preserving more hearts for transplants | Circulatory death occurs when someone has a nonsurvivable brain injury but because all brain function hasn’t ceased, the family decides to withdraw life support and the heart stops. That means organs can spend a while without oxygen before ... |
| 15.07.2025 | More elderly Americans are choking to death. Are these devices the answer? | But many elderly people do not. Each year, choking claims the lives of more than 4,100 Americans who are 65 or older. It’s the most vulnerable age group, accounting for about three-quarters of U.S. choking deaths, according to federal healt... |
| 11.07.2025 | CDC finds nearly 1 in 3 US youth have prediabetes, but experts question scant data | “For any of the national health organizations now being decimated by firings (and) layoffs, I am going to be skeptical of data updates until there is transparency and clarity on the source of the data and analysis,” said Christopher Gardner... |
| 10.07.2025 | UN says if US funding for HIV programs is not replaced, millions more will die by 2029 | Andrew Hill, an HIV expert at the University of Liverpool who is not connected to the United Nations, said that while Trump is entitled to spend U.S. money as he sees fit, “any responsible government would have given advance warning so coun... |
| 07.07.2025 | Doctors and public health organizations sue Kennedy over vaccine policy changes | “This administration is an existential threat to vaccination in America, and those in charge are only just getting started,” said Richard H. Hughes IV, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs. “If left unchecked, Secretary Kennedy will accompl... |
| 07.07.2025 | American kids have become increasingly unhealthy over nearly two decades, new study finds | Forrest and his colleagues analyzed surveys, electronic health records from 10 pediatric health systems and international mortality statistics. Among their findings:
Obesity rates for U.S. children 2-19 years old rose from 17% in 2007-2008 ... |
| 03.07.2025 | The Silent Epidemic: Gun Suicides in America | Gun suicides in the United States have reached alarming heights. In 2023, they hit a record high, revealing a grim reality that demands urgent attention. This crisis is not just a statistic; it’s a human tragedy. Each number represents a li... |
| 02.07.2025 | The Heat is On: Navigating Exercise and Health in Extreme Conditions | Summer is a double-edged sword. The sun shines bright, inviting us outdoors. But lurking beneath its golden rays is a hidden danger: extreme heat. As temperatures soar, so do the risks associated with exercising in such conditions. The Nati... |
| 02.07.2025 | The Vaccine Debate: A Call to Action for Public Health | In the ever-evolving landscape of public health, the debate over vaccines has become a battleground. On one side, we have the advocates for science and safety. On the other, a growing faction fueled by misinformation and fear. The stakes ar... |
| 02.07.2025 | FDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against the advice of agency staff | Related Articles
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Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center is set to receive its first ... |
| 02.07.2025 | RSV vaccine access expanded to some people in their 50s, according to CDC website | The new panel alarmed doctors’ groups last week by ignoring settled science on a rarely used flu vaccine preservative and by announcing a probe of the children’s vaccine schedule. It didn’t revisit RSV vaccination for older adults.
Kennedy ... |
| 01.07.2025 | Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families | Some Americans know the reality of these preventable diseases all too well. For them, news of measles outbreaks and rising whooping cough cases brings back terrible memories of lives forever changed – and a longing to spare others from simi... |
| 01.07.2025 | HHS layoffs were likely unlawful and must be halted, US judge says | Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eliminated more than 10,000 employees in late March and consolidated 28 agencies to 15. Since then, agencies including the CDC have repeatedly rescinded layoffs affecting hundreds of employees, includi... |
| 30.06.2025 | Exercising or playing sports in extreme heat can be extremely dangerous | The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says people should start exercising “caution” when the heat index reaches 80 to 90 degrees and “extreme caution” from 90 to 103 degrees. It labels everything over 103 “danger” or “extreme ... |
| 29.06.2025 | The Elusive Origins of COVID-19: A Global Puzzle Unsolved | The World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced that all theories regarding the origins of COVID-19 remain open. This statement follows a four-year investigation that has left more questions than answers. The pandemic has been a glob... |
| 27.06.2025 | A rundown of recent Trump administration vaccine policy changes | But the group also said people should avoid shots containing thimerosal, a preservative used only in large multi-dose vials that has been proven to be safe. The ingredient isn’t used in single-dose flu shots, the type of syringe used for ab... |
| 27.06.2025 | WHO expert group fails to find a definitive answer for how COVID-19 began | Venter said there was no evidence to prove that COVID-19 had been manipulated in a lab, nor was there any indication that the virus had been spreading before December 2019 anywhere outside of China.
“Until more scientific data becomes avail... |
| 26.06.2025 | Thimerosal: What to know about the preservative from a bygone flu-shot debate | Why is thimerosal controversial?
Questions about thimerosal were raised in the late 1990s because it contains a form of mercury.
It’s not the same as the toxic type found in some seafood, called methylmercury. Instead, it’s a different type... |
| 26.06.2025 | Kennedy’s advisers back flu vaccination, but not shots with a rarely used preservative | The advisory panel first voted, with one abstention, to back the usual U.S. recommendation that nearly everyone age 6 months and older get an annual flu vaccination. Then the advisers decided people should only be given thimerosal-free sing... |
| 26.06.2025 | Kennedy says US is pulling funding from global vaccine group Gavi | Gavi is a public-private partnership including WHO, UNICEF, the Gates Foundation and the World Bank, and it is estimated that the vaccination programs have saved 18 million lives. The United States has long been one of its biggest supporter... |
| 25.06.2025 | CDC nominee Susan Monarez sidesteps questions about disagreements with RFK in Senate hearing | “I’ve got questions about your willingness to follow through on your values,” he said.
In the two-hour hearing, Monarez was sharply questioned about Kennedy’s recent move to fire all 17 members of a crucial committee that evaluates and reco... |
| 25.06.2025 | Kennedy’s new vaccine panel alarms pediatricians with inquiries into long-settled questions | His announcement reflected a common message of vaccine skeptics: that too many shots may overwhelm kids’ immune systems or that the ingredients may build up to cause harm. Scientists say those claims have been repeatedly investigated with n... |
| 25.06.2025 | FDA requires updated warning about rare heart risk with COVID shots | Related Articles
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| 24.06.2025 | Texas will put warning labels on some foods, but its additives list has inaccuracies | The law, approved with wide bipartisan support, is part of a flurry of similar legislation this year by GOP-led statehouses as lawmakers align themselves with U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda... |
| 23.06.2025 | Health insurers promise to improve coverage reviews that prompt delays and complaints | Insurers said Monday that they will standardize electronic prior authorization by the end of next year to help speed up the process. They will reduce the scope of claims subject to medical prior authorization, and they will honor the preapp... |
| 22.06.2025 | Medicaid cuts in Trump tax bill could close 6 rural hospitals in Colorado, report warns | The CBO didn’t produce state-by-state estimates, but other groups have projected that as many as 150,000 Coloradans could lose Medicaid, and an additional 110,000 could drop out of the individual health insurance market.
Congressional Repub... |
| 19.06.2025 | The Dawn of Targeted Cancer Therapies: A New Era Beyond Chemotherapy | Cancer treatment is on the brink of a revolution. The days of chemotherapy, with its harsh side effects and systemic impact, may soon be numbered. Enter antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), a class of targeted therapies that promise to deliver ... |
| 19.06.2025 | Navigating the New Normal: Understanding the Nimbus Variant and Its Impact on Public Health | The COVID-19 pandemic has been a relentless storm, reshaping our lives and health systems. As we emerge from the chaos, a new variant, dubbed Nimbus, has entered the scene. This variant has raised eyebrows but also offers a glimpse into the... |
| 19.06.2025 | The Unraveling Threads of Support: A Crisis for LGBTQ+ Youth and Global Tensions | In a world where safety and support should be a given, the recent decision to dismantle the 988 hotline service tailored for LGBTQ+ youth feels like a cruel twist of fate. This service, a lifeline for many, is being pulled just as the natio... |
| 19.06.2025 | Early humans survived in a range of extreme environments before global migration, study says | Earlier theories held that Stone Age humans might have made a single important technological advance or developed a new way of sharing information, but researchers haven’t found evidence to back that up.
This study took a different approach... |
| 18.06.2025 | NIH Grant Cuts: A Legal Battle for Biomedical Research | The courtroom echoed with the weight of a decision that could reshape the landscape of biomedical research in the United States. A federal judge ruled that cuts to certain National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants were illegal. This ruling... |
| 18.06.2025 | Trump administration removing 988 hotline service tailored to LGBTQ+ youth in July | News of the LGBTQ+ service shutting down comes as the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors on Wednesday.
The Trevor Project said it received official notice Tuesday that the program was e... |
| 18.06.2025 | New CDC advisers will skip some expected topics and explore a target of antivaccine activists | Instead, the committee is talking about subjects “which are settled science,” she said.
“Every American should be asking themselves how and why did we get here, where leaders are promoting their own agenda instead of protecting our people a... |
| 18.06.2025 | Older adults in the US are increasingly dying from unintentional falls | More than half of those 41,000 deaths were people 85 and older, the CDC found, and white people accounted for 87% of deaths in the oldest category.
Falls can cause head injuries or broken bones that can lead to permanent disability and trig... |
| 18.06.2025 | The world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV could stop transmission — if people can get it | Millett said “gaping holes in the system” in the U.S. and globally “are going to make it difficult for us to make sure we not only get lenacapavir into people’s bodies but make sure they come back” twice a year to keep up their protection. ... |
| 18.06.2025 | What to know about the COVID variant that may cause ‘razor blade’ sore throats | Airport screening in the United States detected the new variant in travelers arriving from those regions to destinations in California, Washington state, Virginia and New York. Related Articles
New CDC advisers will skip some expected topic... |
| 18.06.2025 | Astronomers create a dazzling, elaborate map of nearby galaxy in thousands of colors | Related Articles
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Unsubstantiated ‘chemtrail’ conspiracy theories lead to legislation propo... |
| 17.06.2025 | FDA to offer faster drug reviews to companies promoting ‘national priorities’ | Many aspects of the plan announced Tuesday overlap with older programs. But the broad criteria for receiving a voucher will give FDA officials unprecedented discretion in deciding which companies can benefit from the fastest reviews.
“The u... |
| 16.06.2025 | Judge rules some NIH grant cuts illegal, saying he’s never seen such discrimination in 40 years | During his remarks ending the hearing, the judge said he would issue his written order soon.
Young’s decision addresses only a fraction of the hundreds of NIH research projects the Trump administration has cut — those specifically addressed... |
| 16.06.2025 | ‘Gas station heroin’ is technically illegal and widely available. Here are the facts | Additionally, the drug cannot legally be added to foods and beverages or sold as a dietary supplement — something the FDA has repeatedly warned U.S. companies about.
Still, under-the-radar firms sell tianeptine in various formulas, often wi... |
| 16.06.2025 | Dismissed members of CDC vaccine committee call Kennedy’s actions ‘destabilizing’ | Related Articles
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Trump tax bill would widen deficits by $2.8T after fa... |
| 11.06.2025 | Hundreds of laid-off CDC employees are being reinstated | Also reinstated are an estimated 150 employees at the CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health, including people staffing a lab that works on lead poisoning, according to the union and employees.
Layoffs at federal agencies were chall... |
| 09.06.2025 | RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee | Kennedy, in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, said the committee members had too many conflicts of interest. Committee members routinely disclose any possible conflicts at the start of public meetings.
Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive dir... |
| 06.06.2025 | A New Dawn for Power: Calistoga's Clean Energy Revolution | In the heart of Napa Valley, a transformation is brewing. Calistoga, a town known for its hot springs and picturesque vineyards, is stepping into the future. Gone are the days of diesel generators rumbling through the streets. A new era of ... |
| 06.06.2025 | The Storms of Change: A Deep Dive into Hail Research and Measles Vaccination Rates | In the heart of America, two pressing issues collide: the rise of extreme weather events and the decline in vaccination rates. Both phenomena are rooted in complex systems, yet they manifest in starkly different ways. One threatens our crop... |
| 06.06.2025 | The Cosmic Dance: Milky Way's Future and the Unveiling of the Universe | The universe is a grand stage, and we are but spectators. As we gaze into the night sky, we wonder about our place in this vast expanse. Recent studies shed light on two cosmic phenomena: the potential collision of our Milky Way galaxy with... |
| 04.06.2025 | Ground beef sold at Whole Foods may be tainted with E. coli, USDA says | The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
Origina... |
| 04.06.2025 | Measles vaccination rates drop after COVID-19 pandemic in counties across the US | The Johns Hopkins study looked at 2,066 counties across 33 states, comparing kindergarten vaccination rates averaged over school years from 2017-2020 to averages from 2022-2024. Where kindergarten data wasn’t available, the researchers used... |
| 03.06.2025 | Dogs and cats can also suffer from allergies, but there are ways to help our furry friends | There are no definitive recent statistics on how many pets have allergies, but research suggests the problem is growing.
“I probably see allergic dogs and cats every single day, probably multiple times a day,” said Dr. Karen Woodard, medica... |
| 03.06.2025 | How a new planetarium show helped scientists unlock a cosmic secret | The inner section of the Oort Cloud, made of billions of comets, resembled a bar with two waving arms, similar to the shape of our Milky Way galaxy.
Scientists had long thought the Oort Cloud was shaped like a sphere or flattened shell, war... |
| 03.06.2025 | Kennedy has ordered a review of baby formula. Here’s what you should know | The broader scientific community has been calling for a reevaluation of infant formula for years and is “fully supportive of this idea of a comprehensive look,” he said.
Current formula products in the U.S. continue to be safe and nourishin... |
| 02.06.2025 | Milky Way’s chance of colliding with galaxy billions of years from now? New study puts odds at 50-50 | Already more than 4.5 billion years old, the sun is on course to run out of energy and die in another 5 billion years or so, but not before becoming so big it will engulf Mercury, Venus and possibly Earth. Even if it doesn’t swallow Earth, ... |
| 02.06.2025 | All international travelers should get measles vaccinations, CDC says | “We’re seeing a shift from localized outbreaks to transmission in transit,” and the CDC seems to be responding to that, Darcy-Mahoney said.
The travel notice advises two doses for all Americans ages 1 and older. An early dose is advised for... |
| 02.06.2025 | Exercise boosts survival rates in colon cancer patients, study shows | The findings were featured Sunday at ASCO’s annual meeting in Chicago and published by the New England Journal of Medicine. Academic research groups in Canada, Australia and the U.K. funded the work.
Researchers followed 889 patients with t... |
| 02.06.2025 | Northern lights could be visible again in some US states after weekend solar storms | What are northern lights?
The sun is at the maximum phase of its 11-year activity cycle, making the light displays more common and widespread. Colorful northern lights have decorated night skies in unexpected places and space weather expert... |
| 30.05.2025 | FAA demands an accident investigation into SpaceX’s latest out-of-control Starship flight | The FAA will oversee SpaceX’s investigation, which is required before another Starship can launch.
CEO Elon Musk said he wants to pick up the pace of Starship test flights, with the ultimate goal of launching them to Mars. NASA needs Starsh... |
| 30.05.2025 | CDC removes language that says healthy kids should get COVID shots | On Thursday, the CDC updated its website. The agency said that shots may be given to children ages 6 months to 17 years who do not have moderate or severe problems with their immune systems. Instead of recommending the shots, the CDC page n... |
| 29.05.2025 | Navigating the New COVID-19 Vaccine Landscape | The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped our world. As we move forward, the landscape of vaccination is changing yet again. Confusion reigns as new guidelines emerge. Who can get vaccinated? What will it cost? These questions loom large.
The rece... |
| 29.05.2025 | The Hidden Dangers of the Sun: Why Everyone Needs Sunscreen | The sun shines bright, but its rays can be deceptive. Many believe that darker skin tones are immune to sun damage. This is a myth. The truth is, everyone needs sunscreen, regardless of skin color. The sun is a relentless foe, and it doesn’... |
| 29.05.2025 | The Importance of Sunscreen for All Skin Types | Sunscreen is not just a summer accessory. It’s a shield. A vital layer of protection against the sun’s harmful rays. Many believe that darker skin doesn’t need sunscreen. This is a misconception. The truth is, everyone needs sunscreen, rega... |
| 29.05.2025 | The Intersection of Biotechnology and Public Health: A Double-Edged Sword | In the world of healthcare, biotechnology stands as a beacon of hope. It’s a realm where science meets innovation, crafting solutions to age-old problems. Yet, this field is not without its shadows. Recent events highlight the delicate bala... |
| 28.05.2025 | SpaceX launches another Starship rocket after back-to-back explosions, but it tumbles out of control | Musk noted in a post on X it was a “big improvement” from the two previous demos, which ended in flaming debris over the Atlantic. Despite the latest setback, he promised a faster launch pace moving forward, with a Starship soaring every th... |
| 28.05.2025 | You should wear sunscreen even if you have darker skin. Here’s why | Black patients more commonly get melanoma on their hands and feet — places that are more shielded from the sun. Still, sunscreen is an additional protective layer that helps prevent a host of other problems including sunburns, hyperpigmenta... |
