Controversial CDC panel to review aluminum salts used in many vaccines
A controversial Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel is gearing up to review the “safety” of a common additive used in many vaccines.
Category: Health
In lawsuit, San Francisco says food companies created ‘healthcare crisis’
Many of the nation’s best-known food brands make ultra-processed foods that are dangerous to eat and use deceptive marketing to sell them, San Francisco officials
Subclade K flu gets an early start in Japan, could affect the U.S.
A new flu variant called Subclade K is spreading in Japan and poses a significant risk to the United States as the cold and flu
Protein partnership enhances innate immune sensing of viral RNA
Study reveals how two proteins cooperate in a key early step of antiviral detection, as reported by researchers at Science Tokyo.
Fe₃O₄@mPEG-Ag nanoparticles offer non-antibiotic strategy to combat drug-resistant bacteria
A collaborative study by Guangzhou Medical University and South China University of Technology, published in BME Frontiers, introduces Fe₃O₄@mPEG-Ag nanoparticles (NPs) as a groundbreaking non-antibiotic
Mendelian randomization study reveals opposing roles for IL6 and IL6R in long-term mortality
A new research paper was published in Volume 18 of Aging-US on February 6, 2026, titled “Causal effects of inflammation on long-term mortality: a Mendelian
Serial liquid biopsies reveal evolution in advanced prostate cancer
A new study using serial liquid biopsies to track how metastatic prostate cancer evolves under treatment pressure showed that androgen receptor (AR) alterations consistently emerged
Antibiotics alter gut bacteria to aid brain healing
What if healing the brain after traumatic injury starts in the gut?
New sleeping sickness pill gets nod, paving the way for use in Africa
European drug regulators are endorsing a new and simpler treatment for sleeping sickness, in what could be a giant boost to efforts to eliminate the
Genomic landscape and clinicopathologic significance of POLE mutant colorectal carcinoma
DNA polymerase epsilon catalytic subunit A (POLE) gene plays a crucial role in DNA repair and chromosomal replication.
Scientists announce launch of the Society for Brain Health
Scientists meeting at Center for BrainHealth during its annual BrainHealth Week conference announced the launch of the Society for Brain Health.
WHO updates 2026-2027 flu vaccine composition amidst viral evolution
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced recommendations for the viral composition of influenza (or “flu”) vaccines for the 2026-2027 northern hemisphere influenza season.
Teenage girls are most likely to tear their ACLs. Parents say more must be done to protect them
The ranks of female high school athletes who tore their anterior cruciate ligament are growing fast and researchers are pressing the sports world to take
Why Does Dr. Vinay Prasad Refuse to Answer Questions About His Job Performance at the FDA?
Although he took softball questions from MAHA sycophant Bari Weiss, Dr. Vinay Prasad, a public servant, refuses to leave his safe space to answer tough