The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has paused decisions on uses for dozens of "forever chemicals," also known as PFAS. The delay includes proposed changes regarding how several of these chemicals can be used, ...
Apr 15, 2026
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Canadian health officials are investigating the deaths of two people who donated plasma at private clinics in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Mar 16, 2026
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A study of Black Americans is among the first to show how the internalization of negative messages about dark skin tones could be linked to harms to health. Researchers found that Black Americans who are, or perceive themselves ...
Feb 19, 2026
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"By cleverly combining new techniques for analyzing DNA at the level of individual molecules, we can achieve real breakthroughs in research into conditions such as dementia," predicts Professor John van Noort. Together with ...
Feb 3, 2026
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A new study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine has identified clear occupational factors and demographic indicators associated with elevated serum levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ...
Feb 2, 2026
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Australian scientists have identified the key genetic drivers behind long COVID, revealing why some people continue to experience debilitating symptoms long after their initial infection.
Dec 16, 2025
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As a young medical student in 1975, I walked into a basement lab at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, to interview for a summer job.
Dec 15, 2025
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Scientists have discovered that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) doesn't start when the pain begins. It silently starts years earlier. RA is a debilitating autoimmune disease that causes painful joint inflammation and damage. The ...
Sep 24, 2025
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Tobias Kammann from the Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM) at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) is defending his thesis titled "The diversity of MAIT cells across the human body and in COVID-19," on 29 November, ...
Nov 21, 2024
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The U.S. is currently in the midst of yet another West Nile virus (WNV) outbreak, with the CDC documenting 880 cases across 46 states so far this year.
Oct 8, 2024
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