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Jay Bhattacharya's recent history is a cautionary tale of how ideology and misinformation can undermine public health. His ...

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The latest CDC and FDA data shows that youth e-cigarette use (vaping) continues to decline. Oddly, leading anti-nicotine ...

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Voluntary COVID vaccination mandates for staff in nursing homes during the pandemic were important. There was no evidence ...

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Does fructose, one of today's boogeymen, cause cancer? According to a fascinating paper in Nature, it does so in cultured ...

As global life expectancy rises, so too does the number of years people spend burdened by chronic disease. Modern medicine ...

The science community is in an uproar over the probability that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., will head the Department of Health ...

Milk has long been hailed as a cornerstone of a healthy diet, yet modern debates paint a muddled picture of its actual value.