The Sad State of Trust in the CDC and FDA
Levels of trust in the nation’s scientific agencies that affect people’s everyday lives—the CDC and the FDA—are abysmally low, driven in part by polarization and partisanship. It’s a danger to …
Hottest engine in the world reveals weirdness of microscopic physics
An artist’s representation of the extreme engine Millen lab The hottest engine in the world is minuscule, reaches seemingly impossible efficiencies and could approximate nature’s tiniest machines. A thermodynamic engine …
College sports policy prevents athletes’ deaths with sickle cell testing—but it could do more, study finds
New report recommends improved education and genetic counseling alongside NCAA’s mandated screening
What makes chocolate taste so good? It’s the microbes
Like wine and cheese, chocolate has terroir, a sense of the place it was grown. Each bonbon or bar may carry unique flavors shaped by the soil, rainfall and temperature …
More Than Half of the general public Worries Federal Medicaid Spending Plan Cuts Would Impact Their Household’s Capacity to Acquire and Afford Treatment; More Worry It Will Certainly Enhance the Without Insurance
As Congress evaluates costs cuts and various other adjustments to Medicaid, majority (54 %) of the public claim they are worried considerable reductions in government Medicaid investing would adversely influence …
On Medicaid Expansion, History Matters
Some Republicans who want to reduce federal funding for Medicaid have characterized the Medicaid expansion as unjust because the federal government provides a 90% match to states for uninsured adults …
Just one dose of psilocybin seems to be enough to rewire the brain
The hallucinogen psilocybin is produced in hundreds of species of magic mushroom [email protected] A single dose of the psychedelic compound psilocybin could be enough to remodel connections of specific brain …
Mammoths in Mexico? Huge bone trove reveals giant beasts thrived in warmth, too
Fossils found while building airport contain first mammoth DNA from tropical location
This lizard can tolerate extreme levels of lead
Cuban brown anoles have the highest blood lead levels of any vertebrate known — three times that of the previous record holder, the Nile crocodile.
Walgreens and KFF’s Greater Than Campaign to Offer Free HIV/STD Testing in Stores on June 27
DEERFIELD, Ill. & SAN FRANCISCO, June 12, 2025 – Walgreens and Greater Than HIV/STDs, a public information campaign from KFF, are joining with health departments and community organizations to provide free rapid …