EPA flags microplastics, pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water
The agency's recent announcement highlights growing public concern over health risks associated with these chemicals.
Briefing: Biotech Investors Urge Trump Amid M&A Activity
Strategic angle: Smaller biotechs negotiate with the White House while addressing the trust gap in medicine.
Phil to miss Masters over personal health matter
Phil Mickelson announced Thursday that he won't play in next week's Masters and will be out for an extended period as his family continues to navigate a personal health matter.
Briefing: Opinion: My patient would rather take a peptide than a statin. That reveals an uncomfortable truth in medicine
Strategic angle: “The volume of evidence behind a therapy has become inversely correlated with public trust in it,” writes Vikas Patel.
Briefing: Supreme Court conversion therapy decision could ripple through medicine
Strategic angle: A Supreme Court ruling this week on gender and sexuality 'conversion therapy' could narrow the authority of state medical boards over care involving speech.
Briefing: Not all chocolate is created equal. But there are some health benefits
Strategic angle: Cacao has been associated with multiple health benefits; however, experts warn that commercial chocolate may not be as good.
Briefing: Sources: KU's Bidunga to test draft, enter portal
Strategic angle: Flory Bidunga, who projects as a second-round pick, would be the top player in the portal among the more than 800 players so far who intend to enter.
Briefing: Five questions for the guys who made a compass that points to the Times Square Olive Garden
Strategic angle: Here's a question almost nobody is asking: how do you get to the Times Square Olive Garden? Well, these beautiful weirdos are answering it.
Briefing: How health care could gum up Trump’s reconciliation push
Strategic angle: Cuts to health care spending might play a role in a complicated Congressional maneuver to fund immigration enforcement.
Briefing: Proposed ‘preclinical obesity’ diagnosis ignites global debate among experts
Strategic angle: A new way to define obesity aims to sharpen the diagnosis. Critics warn it could delay care, exclude diabetes, and deepen inequities in accessing treatment.
Briefing: CDC Stops Testing for Rabies, Pox Viruses
Strategic angle: When medical misinformation wins, testing an antidepressant for meth use, and other health news.
Briefing: Opinion: Medical misinformation wins when patients can’t see their doctors
Strategic angle: Desperate patients, unable to get timely doctors’ appointments, seek help wherever they can find it.
Briefing: The FDA approves a new obesity pill, giving patients another option
Strategic angle: The daily pill called Foundayo got a fast track through the Food and Drug Administration.
Megan Thee Stallion taken to hospital during Moulin Rouge performance
The rapper "started feeling very ill" mid-way through the show in New York, her representative told US media.
Briefing: MLB starting pitcher rankings: Who are baseball's 11 true aces -- and who just misses the cut?
Strategic angle: Who is the sport's most dominant pitcher right now? We rank the elite, with the help of MLB scouts and execs.
Briefing: Federal judge rules DHS illegally stripped immigration status from thousands who entered through CBP One App
Strategic angle: Tuesday's ruling reinstates the immigration status of those who came via CBP One and whose status was terminated.
Briefing: Novo’s subscription model raises questions about pharma-telehealth tie-ups
Strategic angle: A delayed FDA decision for Orca Bio, new questions about pharma-telehealth tie-ups, and more
The gig workers who are training humanoid robots at home
Strategic angle: When Zeus, a medical student living in a hilltop city in central Nigeria, returns to his studio apartment from a long day at the hospital, he turns on his ring light, straps his iPhone to his forehead, and starts recordi
Briefing: Can a psychedelic ‘coach’ make ketamine therapy even more effective?
Strategic angle: A new study explores whether incorporating psychotherapy with ketamine treatment enhances its effectiveness.
Briefing: Opinion: Medical marijuana should not be recommended for PTSD, anxiety, or depression
Strategic angle: “Rigorously derived evidence for the medical efficacy of marijuana is thin,” writes Kevin Sabet.