Fighting fungi isn’t easy.
Season two of the streaming series The Last of Us has arrived on Max (light spoilers ahead), bringing viewers back to a world where people combat zombies puppeteered by a mind-controlling fungus. Guns and…
Category: 5. Health
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Why do cuts to Medicaid matter for Americans over 65? 2 experts on aging explain why lives are at stake
Republicans in Congress intend to cut about US$880 billion in federal health care spending.
One of their primary targets is Medicaid. That government program covers 82 million Americans with health insurance. Most of the people enrolled in…
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President Donald Trump – Will He Become The Drug Price Equalizer?
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 06: Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the … More
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Trump Says Executive Order Will Lower Drug Prices By 30% To 80%
President Donald Trump during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House in … More
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Measles virus detected in Houston wastewater before cases were reported
An innovative outbreak detection program that tracks disease-causing viruses in wastewater identified the measles virus in Houston samples collected in early January 2025, before cases were reported. The team that developed the program, which…
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Lower tackle height changing face of women’s rugby, study says
Lower the legal tackle height in women’s rugby is providing effectin in reducing head contacts between players, a world-first study suggests.
Changes to the tackle height law in women’s community rugby in Scotland is linked to reductions in…
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Olympic anti-doping lab puts U.S. meat supply to the test
Scientists at UCLA’s Olympic Analytical Laboratory turned their sophisticated analytical capabilities for testing athlete samples for performance-enhancing drugs to research examining the U.S. meat supply as part of a study led by Texas Tech. The…
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CAR-T cell therapy for cancer causes ‘brain fog,’ study shows
After treatment with CAR-T cells — immune cells engineered to attack cancer — patients sometimes tell their doctors they feel like they have “brain fog,” or forgetfulness and difficulty concentrating.
A new Stanford Medicine-led study shows…
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Evidence of mother-offspring attachment types in wild chimpanzees
Have you ever wondered how your childhood relationship with your parents shaped the person you are today? Scientists have long known that early attachment to caregivers plays a crucial role in human development, but what about one of our closest…
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A chemical in plastics is tied to heart disease deaths
A common chemical in household plastics has been linked with heart disease deaths.
In 2018, about 13.5 percent of the more than 2.6 million deaths from cardiovascular disease among people ages 55 to 64 globally could have been…
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