Blistering Heat Expected to Persist Into the Fourth of July
While relief could come to the Great Lakes and the far Northeast over the weekend, the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast will stay hot. from NYT ...
Deadly MV Hondius Hantavirus Outbreak Is Over, W.H.O. Says
The rodent-borne virus, which sickened passengers on the MV Hondius, killed three people, led to a race to find its origin and a global heal...
What Is the Heat Index? What To Know About the Metric During a Heat Wave
The metric of how hot the air actually feels has roots in a 1979 journal paper called “The Assessment of Sultriness.” from NYT > Health...
Regular Users Can Tolerate Previously ‘Unsurvivable’ Amounts of Fentanyl
New research shows that tolerance has become so strong that common treatments for opioid addiction are no longer effective for many patients...
Trump Administration Delivers Lucrative Win for Its Kratom Allies
In moving to ban a potent synthetic version of kratom, the president’s team paved the way for more sales for makers of rival botanic supplem...
$22,000 Per Hour: Assistants Use a Legislative Loophole to Outearn Surgeons
A law meant to end surprise medical billing has led to large paydays for some surgical assistants, who can earn far more than the doctors th...
Trump Issues Order to Reduce Pesticides in Food as Kennedy Allies Fume
The order, which calls for studying the health risks of pesticides in the food supply, does not involve new federal funding, and does not ca...
Congo Ebola Crisis: Contact Tracing Is Dangerously Behind, Officials Warn
Most of the people testing positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo are not on health workers’ radar, suggesting that contact ...
Medical Journal Retracts Study Claiming Cancer Therapy Is More Effective When Given in the Morning
In a notice flagging a series of problems with a clinical trial, the journal Nature Medicine said its editors “no longer have confidence in ...
Inside the C.D.C.’s Mad Scramble to Meet Kennedy’s Demands
A cache of internal emails offers a look at the pressure the nation’s public health officials faced from the new health secretary in the ear...
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