Wildfire smoke poses hidden health threat
Wildfires are often associated with the destruction they leave behind, but the smoke they produce can pose a serious health threat far beyond the fire zone,…
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Guests on the “Why Should I Trust You?” Podcast Want to Hang Doctors. Why Should I Trust It?
“The actual harsh truth about MAHA is that it is an anti-vaxx, anti-science, pro-diarrhea conspiracy movement. It cloaks its arguments in abstractions about “big pharma”…
What your summer reading list says about you
Just picked your holiday book? Our choices can subconsciously reveal important parts of our personality, studies show.
Holidaymakers warned about ‘explosive diarrhoea’ cyclospora parasite infection
The UK is seeing a sharp rise in cases – 67 since April – with many of them among travellers returning from Mexico.
The FDA vs. Compounding Pharmacies: GLP-1 Edition
The FDA is determined to stop the sale of compounded GLP-1 drugs
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Lived Experience Matters — But Where Are The Opportunities?
For those who don’t know, a peer support worker is someone who uses their lived experience as a resource to help others in their own…
Why 12K pounds of Maple Leaf Foods bacon sold in Northwest was recalled
The recall notice affects not ready-to-eat smoked bacon products distributed to retailers in Idaho, Washington and Oregon.
Hunger hampers Ebola response as cases top 3,200 in DR Congo
The UN emergency food agency appealed for immediate funding on Wednesday, warning that deepening hunger is undermining the response to an Ebola outbreak in the…
HIV, hepatitis, STI gains at risk as funding falls, WHO warns
Years of progress in tackling HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are at risk of stalling, leaving millions of people without access to…
Hundreds of thousands of women get morning-after pill via free pharmacy service
Since October, the morning-after pill has been made available free-of-charge at high street pharmacies under a new scheme in England.