A newborn planet munches on gas and dust surrounding its host star
In a first, astronomers imaged a baby planet within a gap in the disk of material around a star, confirming predictions about how rings form.
Poll: While Most Adults Do Not Expect to Get a COVID-19 Shot This Fall, Those Who Want One Worry About Access and Insurance Coverage
As federal vaccine policy changes, most (59%) adults do not expect to get a COVID-19 vaccine this fall, while four in 10 (40%) say that they will “definitely” or “probably” …
Influencers May Not Have All That Much Influence in Health, Yet
Influencers are hot and thought to have growing impact on the public. Some are bringing in big paydays. But very few people say they get health information or health advice …
Are farmed oysters, mussels and clams the ultimate green foods?
Tuck into a green dish of bivalves Shutterstock/Plateresca Picture an environmentally friendly food. Your mind might turn to the humble lentil, but is it possible to eat more luxuriously while …
Legal adviser warns NIH not to kill 900 grants a second time
Advice follows Supreme Court ruling that threatened previously restored grants, but reprieve may be brief
A bioengineered protein may someday treat carbon monoxide poisoning
An antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning could come from bacteria. Mice treated with a tweaked version of a bacterial protein rapidly cleared carbon monoxide from their blood, safely eliminating it …
KFF/ESPN Survey of 1988 NFL Players Finds the Vast Majority Say Pro Football Left Them With a Range of Serious Health Problems, but Most Would Play Again and Encourage Their Kids To Play
KFF and ESPN today jointly released a first-of-its-kind, in-depth polling and reporting project that sheds new light on the health issues and other challenges facing NFL players after they leave …
The Problem Isn’t Trust in Vaccines, It’s That People Don’t Know Who to Trust
As you all know, vaccines are a hot issue again, and on the minds of everyone in the public health community after a shooter, apparently blaming his depression on Covid …
Just 1 minute of vigorous exercise a day could add years to your life
Briefly walking up a steep hill counts as exercise Greg Balfour Evans/Alamy If you don’t exercise for the sake of exercising, doing five or six vigorous activities, each lasting just …
Human ancestors braved England’s ice-covered northlands 440,000 years ago
How exactly ancient toolmakers survived the harsh conditions remains a mystery