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• Academic Resources Are you curious? It might help you stay sharp as you age. New research shows questions you ask and interest in lifelong learning might protect against Alzheimer's disease; It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System. Thanks to a new breed of chatbots, American stupidity is escalating at an advanced pace; Brain scans reveal what happens in the mind when insight strikes. Research sheds light on how 'aha!' moments help you remember what you learn
• Annotated Epidemiology Bibliography Carl Zimmer's Air-borne. The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe
• Annotated Great Books Bibliography Carl Zimmer's Air-borne. The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe
• Annotated Medical Bibliography
• Annotated Public Health Practice Bibliography Carl Zimmer's Air-borne. The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe
• Annotated Research Bibliography M - Z Carl Zimmer's Air-borne. The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe
• Small Cell Lung Cancer. A Review; 'Fingerprints of cancer' found after scientists flash infrared light pulses at blood samples; High-fat diet fuels cancer spread via rogue platelets; Study highlights cancer risk from millions of CT scans performed annually; There's a Strong Link Between Sugary Drinks and Cancer;Annual Report to the Nation: Cancer deaths continue to decline. Overall death rates from cancer declined steadily among both men and women from 2001 through 2022; Expanding Research on Dormant Cancer Cells Aims to Prevent Metastasis; Damage from gut bacteria may play a role in the rise in colon cancer in young adults;Understanding Cancer Prevention in Women; Incidence rates of some cancer types have risen in people under age 50. Despite increasing incidence rates, cancer deaths in young people have not increased overall; New section: Microbiome Aspects; The Microbiome and Cancer. A Translational Science Review; As Rates of Some Cancers Increase in Younger People, Researchers Search for Answers; CT Scans Linked to More Cancer Cases Than Previously Estimated; Rates of Colorectal and Other Cancers Are Rising in Young Adults, Puzzling Researchers; Cancer- Our World in Data; The mystery rise of lung cancer in non-smokers; Addressing the gaps in cancer screening for LGBTQ+ individuals; New section: LGBTQ+ Aspects;Y chromosome loss plays complex role in cancers; Researchers Find Link Between Father's Occupation and Increased Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Offspring
• Chronic Disease Index The Whole Person Health Index: A New Tool for Human Mechanistic and Clinical Studies. The Whole Person Health Index is a new tool for human mechanistic and clinical studies; Seeing the Forest for the Trees. What health professionals want you to know about making America healthy;Chronic Disease Prevalence in the US: Sociodemographic and Geographic Variations by Zip Code Tabulation Area
• Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Linked to Long-term Antidepressant Use; New section: Ceramides; CVD and obesity: When protective lipids decline, health risks increase; Heart disease deaths worldwide linked to chemical widely used in plastics (phthalates);Plastics and cardiovascular deaths: is it time for global plastics regulations?;The Shingles Vaccine Could Be a Secret Weapon Against Heart Attacks. A new study has found that shingle vaccination is associated with a lower risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular disease; Biological age predicts cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality; Controlling these 8 risk factors may eliminate early death risk for those with high blood pressure; Majority of US Adults Have High Long-term Risk of CVD: NHANES
• Study finds nearly five-fold increase in hospitalizations for common cause of stroke; Tiny Ocean Plastics Tied to Big Brain Problems - Coastal counties with high microplastic levels have more cognitive and mobility disability;Stroke deaths and their racial disparities increased over last 20 years; People in the U.S. especially racial minorities and rural residents are increasingly dying of ischemic stroke at home without access to end-of-life stroke care; Cardiac Arrest in Apparently Healthy Young Adults; Iron Deficiency Anemia Significantly Increases Ischemic Stroke Risk in Young Adults; Could a mini-stroke leave lasting fatigue?; The risk of death or complications from broken heart syndrome was high from 2016 to 2020; High dietary fiber intake may reduce likelihood of stroke, death
• Chinese Culture America's first major immigration crackdown and the making and breaking of the West;The price America paid for its first big immigration crackdown; California passes resolution supporting birthright citizenship
• Overview of Connecticut - US News; CT Healthcare Explained
• Consumer Health Know Your Dose. How Much Radiation?; Mayo Clinic Patient Education: Radiation Exposure During Imaging Exams;Medications that may increase risk of harm on hot days
• Multi-virus wastewater surveillance shows promise at smaller, site-specific scales. Study suggests onsite monitoring at buildings or complexes could aid efforts against disease spread; New section: XFL Variant; Mutation and recombination in pathogen evolution: Relevance, methods and controversies; Collection #42 Tracking/Designated Lineages Fastest 100 Plus Recent Designations; CoV-Spectrum Collections; Wastewater testing predicts community COVID cases, experts say; Data suggest COVID-19 reinfections less likely to cause long COVID; 5 Years After Covid Hit 67% Say They or Family Member Had the Disease, 45% Experienced Financial Hardship, 31% Had a Job Loss, 36% Lost a Loved One;Distribution of total COVID-19 deaths in the United States as of April 26, 2023, by age group;U.S. reports cases of new COVID variant NB.1.8.1 behind surge in China; New section NB.1.8.1;WHO TAG-VE Risk Evaluation for SARS-CoV-2 Variant Under Monitoring: NB.1.8.1;Comparison of Maternal Fetal Outcomes among Unvaccinated and Vaccinated Pregnant Women with COVID-19;Excess US Deaths Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic; There's a new COVID variant driving up infections. A virologist explains what to know about NB.1.8.1;What to Know About the New COVID-19 Variant NB.1.8.1; Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC); New Covid Variant Nimbus Symptom May Show Up When You Swallow, Doctor Says. Here's what to watch out for;Eight things you need to know about the new Nimbus and Stratus COVID-19 variants; The NB.1.8.1 and XFG sub-variants are rapidly spreading and competing for global dominance; From Kraken to Pirola: who comes up with the nicknames for COVID-19 variants?; Latest Covid Variant Now Driving Over a Third of U.S. Cases
• Analysis suggests COVID-19 diminishes sperm quality; Paxlovid may cut risk of stroke for at least 3 months after COVID diagnosis; PET imaging reveals long-term heart and lung damage from COVID-19; Excess weight in long-COVID patients linked to neurologic symptoms;New research links long COVID to worse health-related quality of life; COVID before or during pregnancy may confer 2 to 3 times the risk of miscarriage;Study: Long COVID ‘brain fog’ linked to inflammation, stress markers; Viewpoint: Making key COVID vaccine decisions without input, transparency is a public disservice;Study finds no benefit from early antibiotics for nonsevere COVID;Long COVID in Young Children, School-Aged Children, and Teens; COVID During Pregnancy: How Might COVID Affect The Placenta?;Long-COVID symptoms in young kids can vary by age;Long-COVID symptoms in young kids can vary by age; SARS-Cov-2 infection in newborns: cord blood IgA/IgM suggest in utero infection is more common than previously thought;Prior COVID vaccination produces immune response against new SARS-CoV-2 strains, study finds; Here's the science behind the COVID vaccine in pregnancy;Dietary Supplements in the Time of COVID-19 Fact Sheet for Consumers; Viewpoint: Eroding trust by making COVID vaccine decisions with no transparency; 1 in 5 COVID survivors still have symptoms 3 years after severe infection, analysis estimates; Severe COVID causes long-lasting coronary microvascular dysfunction, new data show; Groups call for continued insurance coverage for COVID vaccines in pregnancy; COVID for Doctors
• Body Weight Loss Affects Type 2 Diabetes Remission; Clusters of additives in ultraprocessed foods linked to type 2 diabetes, study finds; Adult-onset type 1 diabetes increases risk of cardiovascular disease and death; Fatty Liver Found in Half of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes, Study Finds;
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about... An Obituary for Millennial Culture; Scientists reveal 'most promising yet' signs of alien life on planet K2-18b
• Favorite MoviesWhich movie genres share the same fans? I analysed 32 million film ratings to see which genres attract the same people. The result is a map of audience taste.
• Favorite Music Ugh, not that song! Background music impacts employees. Performance suffers when music is a misfit for worker needs; Imaging shows why music makes us happy; Music therapy helps brain-injured children.Experts agree new tool could successfully assess levels of consciousness in children;How Music Can Emotionally Reshape Your Memories
• Fitness New section: 30-Second Sit to stand test; Sit-to-stand: The simple test that reveals how you're ageing; Why Your Workouts Before Bedtime Need to Stop. A study with over 14,500 participants links intense workouts within four hours of bedtime to poorer sleep quality and duration; Three minutes per day doing moderate-intensity domestic tasks may improve heart health
• What we know about the U.S. bird flu outbreak and its chronic disease risk;Fatal H5N1 case reported in India's Andhra Pradesh state;USDA confirms more H5N1 avian flu in cats, other mammals; Surveillance for human infections with avian influenza A (H5) viruses. objectives, case definitions, testing and reporting;Public ignorance, apathy toward avian flu could threaten containment, researchers say;Mexico's fatal H5N1 case involved D1.1 genotype, which has been tied to serious illness; WHO: Avian Influenza A(H5N1) - Mexico; Updated joint FAO/WHO/WOAH public health assessment of recent influenza A(H5) virus events in animals and people Assessment based on data as of 1 March 2025; Spike in avian flu cases in cats triggers worry about human spillover; Avian Influenza Virus Infections in Felines: A Systematic Review of Two Decades of Literature; Top global virologists publish a comprehensive analysis and advocate for a multi-government initiative in the Lancet Regional Health Americas; Spikes of Bird Flu in Cats Could Be a Warning of a Future Pandemic; Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 virus exposure in domestic cats and rural stray cats, the Netherlands, October 2020 to June 2023;China reports more H9N2 and H10N3 avian flu cases; Understanding the Basics of Bird Flu; Study finds live avian flu virus in raw milk for more than 1 day at room temperature, 1 week in fridge
• Health Care Information You're probably taking over-the-counter painkillers incorrectly;
• Health Education Resources Resistance to New Rules Fades Once They're in Place;How to make better decisions in a world full of uncertainty
• Deadly rodent-borne hantavirus is an emerging disease with pandemic potential; How city rats spread deadly bacteria; U.S. Woman Dies From Mad Cow-Like Brain Disease That Lay Dormant for 50 Years. A woman's human growth hormone treatments in childhood may have sealed her fate decades later, according to a new case report; New section: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD);The Strange Link Between Cold Sores and Alzheimer's Disease. A new study links HSV-1 infection with nearly a doubling of Alzheimer’s disease risk; New section: Herpes Virus;Association between herpes simplex virus type 1 and the risk of Alzheimer's disease: a retrospective case control study; Study strengthens link between shingles vaccine and lower dementia risk; What Is Hantavirus?;UNM Researchers Find Live Hantavirus is Carried in More Than 30 New Mexico Small Mammal Species;Why some viral infections appear to trigger autoimmune disease; Beacon Disease Events
• Drug For Rare Disease Turns Human Blood Into Mosquito Poison; Measles remains a danger to health even years after an infection; Kids infected with measles face long-term health consequences. Vaccines can prevent all of them; WHO's Measles Fact Sheet;Multiple Texas Children With Vitamin A Toxicity From Use Vs. Measles; Invasive Strep Infections Are Rising in the U.S.; New section: Group A Streptococcus Infections; Fact Checked: Budesonide and Clarithromycin: Unproven and Risky; Don't Mess With Measles: Texas Doctor Treats Patients While Visibly Infected. A physician with active measles symptoms continues to see vulnerable patients as outbreak claims lives; 'On the precipice of disaster': Measles may be endemic in 25 years if vaccine uptake stays low, model predicts;>Measles Update - United States, January 1-April 17, 2025;Don't let mosquitos drain the last of summer fun; Measles: we're on the precipice of a disaster, experts say; How effective and safe are measles vaccines? Data from large meta-analyses show that measles vaccination is highly effective and safe, reducing the chances of getting measles by 95%;Vitamin A for the Management of Measles in the United States; Measles Outbreak Response; What is Typhoid Fever;Meta-analysis: Zika-infected pregnant moms 4 times more likely to have babies with microcephaly; Measles vaccines save millions of lives each year. Measles once killed millions every year. Vaccines changed this, preventing disease, long-term immune damage, and deadly outbreaks;Poll: 83% of Americans say benefits of MMR vaccines outweigh risks; Health Basics: Measles. Learn key facts about symptoms, how it spreads, who is at risk, and how it can be prevented; Trends in County-Level MMR Vaccination Coverage in Children in the United States; DC Issues Measles Travel Advisory: International Passengers Should Be Cautious; One of the world's most notorious pathogens has survived for centuries. Scientists say they now know why;Measles leaves children vulnerable to other diseases for years. Measles causes more than an acute illness: it suppresses immune memory and increases the risk of complications for years.
• Kids Health Cyberbullying in any form can be traumatizing for kids. Even subtle online bullying is linked to PTSD symptoms
• Maternal Child Health 154 million lives and counting: 5 charts reveal the power of vaccines. But public-health specialists worry that misinformation and funding cuts could affect vaccination rates;Leading Autism Organizations Release Joint Statement on Upholding Scientific Integrity and Supporting the Autism Community;Umbilical Cord DNA May Predict Future Metabolic Health Risks; How effective and safe are measles vaccines? Data from large meta-analyses show that measles vaccination is highly effective and safe, reducing the chances of getting measles by 95%; Selected list of vaccines that underwent placebo-controlled trials; Parents' Age, Ancestry, and Habits Shape New DNA Mutations;Shingles vaccine lowers the risk of heart disease for up to eight years; Boys who are overweight in their early teens risk passing on harmful epigenetic traits to future children. People whose fathers were overweight as teenagers had epigenetic markers associated with asthma, obesity and low lung function;Sperm from cancer-risk donor used to conceive at least 67 children across Europe. Case of man carrying rare genetic variant fuels calls for limit on number of children that can be fathered by one donor; Vaccine RCT spreadsheet aims to show the data, dispel myths about vaccines; Vaccine RCT spreadsheet
• Nutrition Resources Why Food Chemicals Are a Problem, And How to Reduce Your Exposure; Open Food Facts; Inflammatory Diets Raise Risk of Brain Disorders; High-fat diet fuels cancer spread via rogue platelets; There's a Strong Link Between Sugary Drinks and Cancer; High-fat, high-sugar diets impact cognitive function. World-first research links unhealthy diets to impaired location memory;Less Nutritious Crops: Another Result of Rising CO2. Rising carbon levels are eroding nutritional values of staple crops, threatening millions with hidden hunger; Junk food reduces thinking power and memories new report; Vitamin D for Prevention of Disease; Global study links consumption of ultraprocessed foods to preventable premature deaths;Eating ultra-processed foods may harm your health;Junk food for thought: Landmark study directly links ultra-processed foods to poor health; Why new wellness-branded energy drinks have health experts worried. Brands like Celsius and Alani Nu are appealing to health-conscious demographics;There's a secret superfood in white rice and pasta: Here's how to unlock it; New section: Foodborne Illness; Are You Sure It Wasn't Food Poisoning? USDA.gov; Causes and Symptoms of Foodborne Illness Minnesota Department of Health; Foodborne Diseases WHO.int; Foodborne Illness and Disease USDA.gov; Should You Take a Vitamin D Supplement?
• High-fat diet fuels cancer spread via rogue platelets; Why our waistlines expand in middle age: Stem cells; Memories of obesity can linger in fat cells long after weight loss;Your Body "Remembers" Being Fat and That Makes Weight Loss Harder. Your fat is stuck in the past, man;Fat Cells Retain a 'Memory' of Obesity, Making It Hard to Lose Weight and Keep It Off, Study Suggests. Obesity leads to DNA alterations that affect gene activity and linger after weight loss, a finding that researchers say could help reduce stigma around the disease; Advice for trying GLP-1 drugs for weight loss from a doctor who's been there
• PHENOM Careers Page International Association of Universities - World Higher Education Database; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION DAPIP Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs
• Public Health Data 'A national scandal': US excess deaths rose even after pandemic, far outpacing peer countries; Excess US Deaths Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic; Diverging Mortality Trends by Educational Attainment in the US
• Public Health Practice What Leaving the WHO Means for the U.S. and the World; Americans losing trust after public health leadership shakeups
• Public Health Sites A - C 10 Weird Symptoms That Might Be Allergies
• Public Health Sites D-G The implications of the Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption; How to avoid harmful chemicals in skin care and beauty products; Prohibited & Restricted Ingredients in Cosmetic;Safer Chemical Ingredients List;FDA Shares Testing Results for PFAS in Bottled Water; Possible links between PFAS exposure and childhood cancers. Results underscore value of continued monitoring for drinking water contamination;Heart disease deaths worldwide linked to chemical widely used in plastics (phthalates); Plastics and cardiovascular deaths: is it time for global plastics regulations?;Cannabis Graphics for National Prevention Week;Carfentanil: A Synthetic Opioid Unlike Any Other; Where do tornadoes do the most damage?; Yuka app; Hair and skin care products expose kids to hormone disrupting chemicals, study finds; Prohibited & Restricted Ingredients in Cosmetics; Why you should avoid lotions and creams that contain 'fragrance'; Safer Chemical Ingredients List; Marijuana use linked to blood vessel damage impact seen with smoking and edibles;Betel Nut Policy Considerations for the US; Addressing the gaps in cancer screening for LGBTQ+ individuals; Almost half of California's faults including San Andreas are overdue for earthquakes; Traces of Toxic Industrial Chemical Found in U.S. Air for the First Time. Medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs) are already known to be toxic to aquatic life now we're finding them in the air; New section: Medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs)
• Public Health Sites H-L What your earwax can reveal about your health;Daylight Boosts Immune Defense
• Public Health Sites M - N RFK Jr. and the CDC Disagree on a Major Autism Study; Prevalence and Early Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 4 and 8 Years - Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 16 Sites, United States, 2022; Spotting Borderline Personality Disorder. Early Signs May Lead to Better Treatment; 4 U.S. Supreme Court Cases Where Asian Americans Fought For Civil Rights;Serious Mental Illness Infographic; Understanding Bipolar Disorder; Understanding Major Depressive Disorder; Understanding Schizophrenia; Stress, Anxiety, and Sleep Problems: Considering Complementary Approaches (eBook);This Particular Group Is Neglected in Substance Abuse, Mental Health Research - Asian/Pacific Islander sexual and gender minorities get little notice in studies, despite risks; What Are Testicular Germ Cell Tumors?;Common Parasite Toxoplasma gondii Can Decapitate Human Sperm, Implicating Male Fertility
• Public Health Sites O-Z Sense of Smell Is a Marker for Mortality Risk, With Dementia and Frailty as Key Mediators; NOAA-CDC HeatRisk Tool; Heat and Medications - Guidance for Clinicians
• Research Resources on the NetCONSORT 2025 Statement. Updated Guideline for Reporting Randomized Trials; The New Placebo Mandate for Vaccines: Unethical, Unscientific, and Impossible Would You Test Seatbelts by Telling Half the Children to Ride Unprotected?
• Senior Health Recognizing a Patient Is Acutely Dying;Retirement Income: 2022 Survey of Income and Program Participation Snapshots; Metabolic Syndrome in Midlife Linked to Higher Dementia Risk; 7 Things to Do When Your Memory Starts Slipping;Sense of Smell Is a Marker for Mortality Risk, With Dementia and Frailty as Key Mediators;Older biological age linked to increased dementia risk; Anti-Inflammatory Diets May Help Reduce Risk of Alzheimer Disease-Related Death;These U.S. States Have the Highest Rates of Dementia. Certain parts of the U.S. have noticeably higher rates of dementia than others, a new study of VA healthcare data find
• Sleep Prepares the Brain for Both Past Memories and Future Learning; A Call to End Daylight Saving Time Implications for Public Health;Three Sleepless Nights May Harm Your Heart; MRI data show how sleep apnea damages the brain
• Social Media Toward Defining Problematic Media Usage Patterns in Adolescents; Heavy Social Media Use Linked to Believing and Spreading Fake News;Social Media Use and Depressive Symptoms During Early Adolescence; How do edited social media photos of yourself affect you?
• Statistical Procedures New section: Type 1 Error; Type I Error Control - Avoiding an Upset
• New section: Noncigarette tobacco products; Noncigarette Tobacco Products Associated With Subclinical Cardiovascular Harm; Vaping with e-cigarettes associated with higher COPD risk. Users more than twice as likely to develop disease over non-tobacco users;Nicotine Pouch and E-Cigarette Use and Co-Use Among US Youths in 2023 and 2024; Health Risks of Secondhand Smoke and Aerosols Factsheet; Be a Good Neighbor Respect Smoke-and Vape-free Zones Infographic; Importance of Smokefree Policies Factsheet; Prevalence of Artificial Sweetener Neotame in US-Marketed Disposable E-Cigarettes; Troubling Case Links Vaping to Aggressive Lung Cancer
• US Government Statistics (HHS RIF (Reduction in Force) running list; What Sources of Income Do People Rely On? - New Interactive Data Tool Shows Sources of Personal Income for Hundreds of Economic and Demographic Combinations; NASA Wipes Graphic Novels About Women Astronauts From Its Websites. The Trump administration's chilling effect on science agencies affects more than just funding; As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them; Maya Angelou memoir, Holocaust book are among those pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge; National Population by Characteristics: 2020-2024; US to Stop Reporting Majority of Climate Emissions;Trump's War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More;Experts Say Abrupt and 'Staggering' CDC Cuts Will Cost Lives; Trump Turns Covid.gov Into a Lab Leak Theory Fan Page. The president will never take responsibility for his failures in 2020;'Lab Leak,' a flashy page on the virus' origins, replaces government COVID sites; Economic Indicators; A VIEW FROM 100 DAYS: PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE CHANGING PUBLIC HEALTH LANDSCAPE; Poll: Many Americans say they will lose trust in public health recommendations under federal leadership changes; Americans losing trust after public health leadership shakeups; FEMA-and the Nation’s Disaster Safety Net—Gets Cut Adrift. As the Trump administration targets the Federal Emergency Management Agency for 'reforms,' states and communities lose the support they depend on to make it through climate-influenced disasters; Comment Summary: Request for Public Input on Experiences with FEMA Disaster Responses (DHS-2025-0013); Most books pulled from Naval Academy library are back on the shelves in latest DEI turn;Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago; RIP to These NASA X Accounts, as U.S. Science Falls Off a Cliff. While some welcome the change, other experts warn that this move could make it even harder to access scientific information in Trump's America; The DOGE 100: Musk Is Out, but More Than 100 of His Followers Remain to Implement Trump's Blueprint; Elon Musk's Demoltion Crew; 'Extremely disturbing and unethical': new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans. Department of Veterans Affairs says the changes come in response to a Trump executive order 'defending women'; CDc Data Project; New signs at incarceration camps raise historical erasure concerns; New signs at national parks and historic sites around Bay Area, NorCal drawing concerns: Here's why; Vaccine RCT spreadsheet aims to show the data, dispel myths about vaccines; Vaccine RCT Spreadsheet; The federal government is restricting COVID-19 vaccine access. Here's what that means for the ongoing pandemic and people with Long COVID
• Web Resources Will AI improve your life? Here's what 4,000 researchers think. Scientists working on artificial intelligence are more confident than the public that the technology will benefit people; A Scanning Error Created a Fake Science Term Now AI Won't Let It Die. A digital investigation reveals how AI can latch on to technical terminology, despite it being complete nonsense; Artificial Intelligence: Generative AI's Environmental and Human Effects;Visualizing AI vs. Human Performance in Technical Tasks; AI LLMs Learn Like Us, But Without Abstract Thought; AI meets the conditions for having free will -- we need to give it a moral compass; It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System. Thanks to a new breed of chatbots, American stupidity is escalating at an advanced pace;OpenAI Wants to get College Kids Hooked on AI. Coming to a campus near you.; Your favorite AI chatbot is lying to you all the time. Next time you chat with your favorite AI bot, maybe you should do some fact-checking, because you absolutely cannot not trust anything it tells you
• Women's HealthWhy do women live longer than men?;The House has passed the Trump-backed SAVE Act. Here are 8 things to know; Preventive health services (screening tests, medications, health counseling, and vaccines)
• Women's Health - Life Cycle What Trump Has Done on Reproductive Health Care In His First 100 Days; 3 Maps Showing Support & Opposition To Abortion Legality By State; Navigating the Road to Menopause;Understanding Cancer Prevention in Women; New section: Pelvic Floor; What Women Need to Know About Their Pelvic Floor;The First 100 Days of the Trump-Vance Administration: Attacks on Reproductive Freedom and Scientific Evidence; Prenatal Cannabis Use and Neonatal Outcomes. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
• Women's Health - Breast and Other Cancers New section: Nutrition and Breast Cancer; Omega-6 fatty acid promotes the growth of an aggressive type of breast cancer, study finds; Rising rates of interval breast cancers have experts calling for more risk-based screenings; Researchers use 'smart' bomb therapy to destroy breast cancer; Global patterns and trends in breast cancer incidence and mortality across 185 countries; Rates of breast cancer diagnosis, death expected to climb in coming decades; What's at the Root of Ovarian Cancer? New Study May Have Found Part of the Answer; 3D mammograms show benefits over 2D imaging, especially for dense breasts;What patients need to know about architectural distortion on breast imaging;VIDEO: Use of supplemental imaging in women with dense breasts; VIDEO: What is the impact of breast density notification laws?;VIDEO: Should women wait to get mammograms after COVID vaccination?; Women do not need to delay their mammogram appointment after COVID-19 vaccination;Axillary Adenopathy after COVID-19 Vaccine: No Reason to Delay Screening Mammogram;The debate over when women should start breast screenings; Breast cancer mortality in women ages 20-49 significantly dropped between 2010 and 2020;Natural killer cells remember and effectively target ovarian cancer;Understanding Cancer Prevention in Women; Removing ovaries and fallopian tubes linked to lower risk of early death among breast cancer patients with BRCA cancer genes;NIH researchers discover a new tissue biomarker for aggressive breast cancer risk and poorer survival; Fat-rich fluid fuels immune failure in ovarian cancer;Research links tissue patterns on imaging with breast cancer risk; New section: Nutrition and Breast cancer; Diet Tips for Breast Cancer;Symptom-detected breast cancers nearly 7 times more likely to be diagnosed at advanced stage;Updates on Management of Atypical Hyperplasia of the Breast; 4 things we learned from Olivia Munn's breast cancer diagnosis;Alzheimer Disease in Breast Cancer Survivors; 'Powerful' new PET agent improves the diagnosis of triple-negative breast cancer
• Women's Health - Heart Disease and Stroke Women With Autoimmune Disease At Greater Risk For Heart-Related Death
• Writing A Scanning Error Created a Fake Science Term Now AI Won't Let It Die. A digital investigation reveals how AI can latch on to technical terminology, despite it being complete nonsense;Science Journal That Published "Rat Dck" AI Gibberish Speaks Out. The visuals-challenged study caused a public furor about AI-generated imagery in science; AI-Generated Junk Science Is a Big Problem on Google Scholar, Research Suggests. A recent investigation of the academic search engine highlights the pervasive issue of AI-generated text in academic literature, especially regarding controversial topics; GPT-fabricated scientific papers on Google Scholar: Key features, spread, and implications for preempting evidence manipulation; Is it OK for AI to write science papers? Nature survey shows researchers are split. Poll of 5,000 researchers finds contrasting views on when it's acceptable to involve AI and what needs to be disclosed;How to Write Well. Orwell's 6 rules for writing; The 'pivot penalty': scientists get cited less after switching fields, analysis finds. Massive study of nearly 26 million research papers measures the consequences of striking out in another research area;AI linked to explosion of low-quality biomedical research papers. Analysis flags hundreds of studies that seem to follow a template, reporting correlations between complex health conditions and single variables based on publicly available data sets;Scan & Detect Deepfake Videos. Scan a suspicious video to find out if it’s synthetically manipulated; Million-Dollar Project Aims to Expose Bad Medical Research. Armed with funding, algorithms, and a tip line, this new effort aims to dig corrupt studies out of medical literature before they do real-world harm; Why ChatGPT Creates Scientific Citations That Don't Exist It looks convincing, even in White House reports, but it's often a sign of backwards research

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• Academic Resources About a quarter of U.S. teens have used ChatGPT for schoolwork - double the share in 2023;
• Annotated Great Books Bibliography Carl Zimmer's "She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity"; Michael Luo, Strangers in the Land. Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America;
• Annotated Medical Bibliography Carl Zimmer's "She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity";
• Annotated Public Health Practice Bibliography Carl Zimmer's "She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity";
• Annotated Wellness Bibliography Carl Zimmer's "She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity";
• NIH study links particulate air pollution to increased mutations in lung cancers among nonsmokers. Whole-genome sequencing study found air pollution to cause more cancer-related changes than secondhand smoke; New section: Gastrointestinal Cancer; Early-Onset Gastrointestinal Cancers. A Review; Sleeping cancer cells in the lungs can be roused by COVID and flu. Inflammation from the respiratory infections seems to be the culprit, study in mice finds; Respiratory viruses may trigger dormant cancers; COVID-19, Flu May Reawaken Dormant Cancer Cells; Cancer puts healthy cells to work with this surprising trick; New section: Radiation Aspects; Radiation exposure during imaging may be causing some pediatric cancer cases;
• New section: Vaccines and Heart Disease;Vaccines-for the flu, COVID-19 and other infections-a 'foundational pillar' of heart protection; Vaccination as a new form of cardiovascular prevention: a European Society of Cardiology clinical consensus statement: With the contribution of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care (ACVC), and the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC; Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)-Related Hospitalization and Increased Rate of Cardiovascular Events in Older Adults; New section: Nutrion and Heart Disease; How drinking habits influence heart health; Healthcare Expenditures for Heart Disease among Adults Aged 18 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2022; Death rates from cardiovascular disease have fallen dramatically — what were the breakthroughs behind this?; Air Pollution in Canada Ups CAC, Total Plaque, and Obstructive CAD;2025 Concise Clinical Guidance: An ACC Expert Consensus Statement on Adult Immunizations as Part of Cardiovascular Care: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee; The Obscure Genetic Cholesterol That Can Impact Your Heart Health;2025 AHA/ACC/AANP/AAPA/ABC/ACCP/ACPM/AGS/AMA/ASPC/NMA/PCNA/SGIM Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines - Hyperteniosn, JACC, AHA; New hypertension guidelines embrace early treatment, updated risk assessments and renal denervation;
• How to choose between CABG and PCI when treating coronary artery disease; How to choose between CABG and PCI when treating coronary artery disease; SYNTAX Score II calculator; American Heart Association PREVENTTM Online Calculator; Some Heart Attacks Might Be Triggered by Germs. Researchers in Finland have found evidence that the plaque found in our arteries can contain bacteria that could set off a heart attack under the right circumstances; America’s heart failure epidemic is getting worse; HF STATS 2025: Heart Failure Epidemiology and Outcomes Statistics An Updated 2025 Report from the Heart Failure Society of America;
• Chinese Culture United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898) 169 U.S. 649 (1898); Birthright citizenship isn't the only Scotus case involving Asians;New details emerge about Japan's notorious WWII germ warfare program; "Armageddon" in Chinese Camp: Historic gold rush town destroyed;Wyoming town erects new monument to violent, anti-immigrant history;
• CT Governor Signs Bill Banning Digital Assets in State Holdings. H.B. 7082, signed Monday by Ned Lamont, will bar investments in cryptocurrencies and related investments.;Address Confidentiality Program (ACP);Request for Non-Disclosure of Voter Information from Registry;
• Cool Sites M - Z CT Governor Signs Bill Banning Digital Assets in State Holdings. H.B. 7082, signed Monday by Ned Lamont, will bar investments in cryptocurrencies and related investments.;
• WHO TAG-VE Risk Evaluation for SARS-CoV-2 Variant Under Monitoring: XFG; WHO expert group fails to find a definitive answer for how Covid-19 began; Independent assessment of the origins of SARS-CoV2. Developed by the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO); Waiting for the truth: is reluctance in accepting an early origin hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2 delaying our understanding of viral emergence?;Animal Source Most Likely Origin of SARS-CoV2 but Missing Chinese Data Leave Findings Inconclusive: WHO Expert Group;What to Know About the New COVID-19 Variant XFG;In silico genomic surveillance by CoVerage predicts and characterizes SARS-CoV-2 variants of interest; CoVerage - SARS-CoV-2 lineage, antigenic alteration, mutation dynamics; New surveillance tool can predict COVID variants of concern; Effects of vitamin D on COVID-19 risk and hospitalisation in the UK biobank; PHOTO GALLERY: What does COVID-19 look like on medical imaging?; COVID-19: Update on Key Indicators, the Federal Response, and Implementation of GAO Recommendations; SARS-CoV-2 Variants Challenge Surveillance Efforts and COVID-19 Vaccines; COVID significantly increases risk of death from metastatic cancer, new study shows;SARS-CoV-2 rebound and post-acute mortality and hospitalization among patients admitted with COVID-19: cohort study; Immunologic study shows rebound of other viruses after COVID measures lifted;COVID reinfection may raise risk of persistent symptoms by 35%; New section: Sex Factors; Women may have increased risk of blood vessel aging after COVID;COVID-19 Variants in Wastewater;COVID-19 Variants in Wastewater;COVID-19 National Wastewater Data; Wastewater COVID-19 State and Territory Trends; COVID-19, Flu May Reawaken Dormant Cancer Cells;COVID significantly increases risk of death from metastatic cancer, new study shows; Dogs exposed to COVID-positive people show increased risk of infection; 'We have basically destroyed what capacity we had to respond to a pandemic,' says leading epidemiologist Michael Osterholm; The pandemic's true death toll Our daily estimate of excess deaths around the world; Estimated cumulative excess deaths during COVID-19, World;What COVID-19 Does to the Body (9th Edition, September 2025). Your Regular COVID-19 Research Update (80+ Studies);
• Cognitive function may wane faster in older hospitalized COVID patients than in uninfected peers;The CDC No Longer Recommends COVID-19 Shots During Pregnancy, Now What?; PET/MR findings in long COVID patients linked to long-term cardiopulmonary diseases;Brains aged faster during the COVID pandemic even among the uninfected, data suggest; Experts publish new consensus guidelines on use of CT in patients with long COVID; PET/MR findings in long COVID patients linked to long-term cardiopulmonary diseases; Blood Biomarkers of Long COVID: A Systematic Review; Autoimmunity in Children Post-COVID: A Silent Risk; Fact: We can reduce our risk; Accelerated brain ageing during the COVID-19 pandemic; The pandemic accelerated brain aging, even in those who never contracted COVID; Most US kids hospitalized for COVID had chronic illnesses; less than 4% were vaccinated;Without standard definition, long COVID remains a puzzle;An Evidence-Based Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination;mRNA vaccine boosters and impaired immune system response in immune compromised individuals: a narrative review; Reduced Magnitude and Durability of Humoral Immune Responses to COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines Among Older Adults; mRNA vaccines induce durable immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern;Experts publish new consensus guidelines on use of CT in patients with long COVID;Hospitalization for COVID-19 and Risk Factors for Severe Disease Among Children: 2022-2024;Vaccination may reduce elevated risk of airway diseases in COVID survivors;COVID-19 in the Initiation and Progression of Atherosclerosis: Pathophysiology During and Beyond the Acute Phase; COVID-19 vaccination reduces risks for asthma, allergic rhinitis, chronic rhinosinusitis;COVID-19, Flu May Reawaken Dormant Cancer Cells; Broad-spectrum synthetic carbohydrate receptors (SCRs) inhibit viral entry across multiple virus families; COVID significantly increases risk of death from metastatic cancer, new study shows; New data: Interferon-alpha nasal spray cuts COVID infections in adult cancer patients by 40%; Vaccine Integrity Project presents reassuring data on vaccines for upcoming respiratory virus season 8/19/2025; ACOG Releases Updated Maternal Immunization Guidance for COVID-19, Influenza, and RSV 8/22/2025; Breaking From CDC, ACOG Continues Recommending COVID-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy 95/2025; COVID-19 Vaccination Considerations for Obstetric-Gynecologic Care 8/2025; Adults 19 and Older Immunization Schedule Pregnant Women 8/2025 AAFP; The American Academy of Pediatrics' Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule published August 19, 2025 can be found here. 8/19/2025; Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for Ages 18 Years or Younger 8/19/2025 AAP; The American Academy of Pediatrics Releases Its Own Evidence-Based Immunization Schedule 8/19/2025; Recommendations for COVID-19 Vaccines in Infants, Children, and Adolescents: Policy Statement 8/19/2025; RFK Jr. wants to overhaul the country's 'vaccine court.' Here's what stands in his way. The 40-year-old "vaccine court" relies on scientific evidence to determine whether a person experienced harm from a routine vaccination; Universal COVID vaccination saves lives, averts 10% to 20% of disease burden, estimates suggest; Cardiac risks must be considered when treating COVID-19;COVID-19 Update: 2025-2026 Vaccine Formulations and Recommendations;
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in Adults. A Review; Non-autoimmune, insulin-deficient diabetes in children and young adults in Africa: evidence from the Young-Onset Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa (YODA) cross-sectional study; New section: Non-autoimmune, insulin-deficient diabetes; Exposure to per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances in association to later occurrence of type 2 diabetes and metabolic pathway dysregulation in a multiethnic US population; Finding the A1c Sweet Spot Lowers Cardiovascular Risk Among Patients with Diabetes; Metformin Use Tied to Lower Risk for Dementia, Death in Adults With Overweight, Obesity; New section: Metformin; Metformin Protects Against Dementia, Mortality in Obesity;Smoking Increases Risk of All Type 2 Diabetes Subtypes;Assessing the Rising Prevalence of Early-Onset Type 2 Diabetes in the US; Sepsis Risk Doubled With Type 2 Diabetes; Hormone Replacement Therapy Patches Safer Than Oral Delivery for Women With Diabetes. Oral therapy tied to increased cardiovascular risk but not for estrogen-sensitive cancers;
• Epidemiology M - Z Team solves 1,500-year-old mystery behind the 1st pandemic;
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• Favorite Music Songs Trigger Faster, Stronger Personal Memories;Music used to study how we shift between emotions;Disconnection between brain regions explains why some people don't enjoy music;
• Federal Government Changes EC Briefs; Fifth National Climate Assessment 2023; The White House took down the nation's top climate report. You can still find it here;U.S. Global Change Research Program Releases Fifth National Climate Assessment. The Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) is the preeminent source of authoritative information on the risks, impacts, and responses to climate change in the United States; ATLAS of the 5th National Climate Assessment; DOGE keeps gaining access to sensitive data. Now, it can cut off billions to farmers;NASA Website Will Not Provide Previous National Climate Reports. An agency spokeswoman had initially stated that NASA would retain earlier assessments online for continuity; Employees at the nation's consumer financial watchdog say it's become toothless under Trump;CDC streamlines H5N1 avian flu reporting; As Trump Scrubs Climate Reports, NASA Breaks Its Promise to Save Them. Under the second Trump administration, it's becoming increasingly harder to access information about the climate crisis; NOAA Library Can; Interactive Atlas; Fifth National Climate Assessment 2023; U.S. women are outpacing men in college completion, including in every major racial and ethnic group;Trump Action Tracker; Trump Environmental Protection Agency moves to repeal finding that allows climate regulation; In Rare Spasm of Sanity, Pentagon Backtracks on Plan to Scuttle Storm Tracking. The Department of Defense has walked back its decision to stop sharing satellite storm data with federal forecasters; An FDA panel spread misinformation about SSRI use in pregnancy, alarming doctors; Controversial FDA vaccine chief departs agency after less than 3 months;Removal of Trump From Smithsonian Impeachment Exhibit Sparks Outrage; Trump seeks to change how census collects data and wants to exclude immigrants in US illegally; HHS bars liaison members from ACIP work groups; Statement from ACIP Medical Association Liaisons on ouster from vaccine review; US Air Force to deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service; Outrage over Trump team’s climate report spurs researchers to fight back. Report authors welcome 'serious' scientific rebuttals to report that some say misrepresents decades of climate science;Sections of Constitution were missing from government website. Here's context; One of the sections that was removed from the U.S. Constitution website referenced the writ of habeas corpus; Federal Leaders Should Respect and Safeguard the Integrity of Data from Government Statistical Agencies;Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency. Eighth Edition; White House reviewing Smithsonian exhibits to make sure they align with Trump's vision. The president signed an executive order earlier this year ordering the removal of "improper ideology" from the museum system; Fact check: Trump’s latest fake history about the war in Ukraine;Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden stairwell in White House; Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit; What's the plan for fall vaccines? If you're confused, you're not alone; Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule by Age (Addendum updated August 7, 2025) Recommendations for Ages 18 Years or Younger, United States, 2025; USDA ends programs for solar, wind projects on farms;White House orders review of Smithsonian museums and exhibits to ensure alignment with Trump directive; More than 2.8m people in US identify as trans, including 724,000 youth, data shows. Exclusive: largest data analysis of its kind counters Trump's aggressive efforts to deny trans minors' existence;Trump administration revokes security clearances of 37 current and former government official; English Only; Tulsi Gabbard revoked securit clearances for 37 people;6,000 student visas revoked by Trump administration;Trump administration is reviewing all 55 million foreigners with US visas for any violations; President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian; White House lists 20 objectionable Smithsonian exhibits, artworks; Pentagon Fires the Defense Intelligence Agency Chief. The move comes weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary report contradicting President Trump's contention that U.S. strikes had obliterated nuclear sites in Iran; Why Japanese Am memories of incarceration are igniting protests; HHS moves to strip thousands of federal health workers of union rights, Trump is seeking to end collective bargaining with unions that represent government employees;Trump moves to ban flag burning despite Supreme Court ruling that Constitution allows it; ACIP member critical of COVID vaccines to lead review; The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses. As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight; CDC director pushed out, flood of top resignations follow. The ouster comes at a tumultuous time for the embattled health agency. Other top officials also submitted their resignations Wednesday; Demetre C. Daskalakis MD MPH - CDC Resignation Letter; FEMA Staffers Warned of Looming Katrina-Level Disaster, Then Got Suspended. After Katrina, Congress built safeguards to protect the U.S. from future storms. Now, the Trump administration is rolling back those reforms; Trump Fires Officials, but He Can't Avoid Facts; The Public Health Disaster Everyone Saw Coming; Trump's tariff push overstepped presidential powers, appeals court says. A panel of 11 judges ruled 7-4 that the president's tariffs were illegal but said they could stay in place as the case proceeds; Northeastern states consider regional approach to vaccine guidance after CDC changes; Trump's tariff push overstepped presidential powers, appeals court says. A panel of 11 judges ruled 7-4 that the president's tariffs were illegal but said they could stay in place as the case proceeds; US Health Secretary Kennedy Ignored and Sidelined CDC Experts, Officials Claim in Resignation Letters; How the Fed losing its independence could affect Americans' everyday lives;Washington, Oregon and California governors form alliance in rebuke of Trump administration; Florida looks to end all vaccine mandates, including those deemed routine; Trump's war on his perceived enemies is escalating: faster, broader, harsher. Trump is weaponising the presidency to punish critics, silence dissent, and brand whole states as 'the enemy; Kennedy says CDC turnover was justified because of its COVID-19 response; DC lawsuit challenges Trump's National Guard deployment as a forced ‘military occupation'; DC lawsuit challenges Trump's National Guard deployment as a forced 'military occupation'; Tracking the lawsuits against the Trump administration; Republicans are preparing to change Senate rules to speed Trump's nominees;In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases. Ten judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court needs to explain its rulings better, with some urging Chief Justice John Roberts to do more to defend the judiciary against external criticism; Organic Cat and Dog Food will be regulated "as livestock feed' instead of "pet food"; ELIMINATING 10 REGULATIONS FOR EACH NEW REGULATION ISSUED: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to unleash prosperity through deregulation; Former CDC director Walensky warns RFK Jr. moving toward 'complete vaccine takedown' Sen. Ed Markey calls for Kennedy's resignation;Exclusive: Inside the CDC Exodus and RFK Jr.'s Anti-Vaccine Crusade; HHS responds to report about autism and acetaminophen; Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children's Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability; Acetaminophen - ASD-ADHD Products Liability Litigation;New York governor issues order to bypass Trump administration's COVID vaccine limits;Former NIH officials file whistleblower complaint; RFK Jr. wants to overhaul the country's 'vaccine court.' Here's what stands in his way. The 40-year-old "vaccine court" relies on scientific evidence to determine whether a person experienced harm from a routine vaccination;HHS restoring deleted health information following legal challenge;HHS restoring deleted health information following legal challenge; You Might Have Already Fallen for MAHA's Conspiracy Theories; Supreme Court allows Trump to fire FTC commissioner. Trump's actions are in direct tension with a 1935 ruling that upheld restrictions on the president's ability to remove FTC commissioners without cause;SCOTUS racial profiling ruling sparks alarm by civil rights groups; 3 fired FBI officials sue Patel, saying he bowed to Trump administration's 'campaign of retribution'; Senate Republicans trigger 'nuclear option,' changing rules to speed up Trump nominees. The new rule, established by the GOP on party lines, will enable it to confirm Trump nominees in groups, rather than individually. It's the latest move to erode minority powers; Just 1 in 4 Americans believe Trump administration vaccine shifts are based on science, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds; rump's Policies Are Endangering Your Health;Trump's Energy Department disbands group that sowed doubt about climate change;Kennedy appoints five new members to US vaccine panel; The fate of the CDC hinges on this new, three-page table; Kimmel's suspension is the latest display of Trump's growing power over the US media landscape; Florida federal judge tosses Trump's $15B defamation lawsuit against The New York Times; Kennedy's vaccine advisers decline to recommend COVID-19 shot for all Americans;Trump Administration Stopping Efforts to Collect Scientific Data;Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push; Trump makes unfounded claims about Tylenol and repeats discredited link between vaccines and autism; Feds Suspiciously Revive the Name 'Monkeypox' After Dropping It in 2022; After cutting SNAP benefits, Trump admin cancels federal food insecurity survey;Hegseth said soldiers who participated in a massacre will keep their medals. Fact-check: Donald Trump's false and misleading claims during his UN address. The US president made at least five spurious claims ranging from the climate crisis and immigration to ending wars; FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say;>National park sign referencing Japanese incarceration removed;Oregon sues Trump administration over deployment of National Guard troops to Portland. The suit comes a day after Trump announced he was authorizing the guard to use "full force" in Portland; Trump to World: Green Energy Is a Scam and Climate Science Is From 'Stupid People' In a remarkable United Nations address, the president lashed out at wind turbines, environmentalists and allies around the world while dismissing the dangers of climate change.
• Fitness Daily steps and health outcomes in adults: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis; 7,000 steps a day could protect from a range of health issues; Just 15 minutes of fast walking daily can reduce mortality risk in underserved communities; RFK Jr.'s dismantling of the vaccine schedule has only just begun'
• Avian Influenza A (H5) in Wastewater, July 2024 to February 2025; H5N1 Avian Influenza and your cat;Clinical Guidance for Evaluating Patients and Treatment and Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) of Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection; CDC streamlines H5N1 avian flu reporting; Clinical Guidance for Evaluating Patients and Treatment and Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) of Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection; Avian flu exacts heavy financial toll on dairy industry, report says; Flies, 'milk snatching' among H5N1 transmission contributors in dairy cattle;Hunting-training dogs and companion dogs in the Netherlands are frequently exposed to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI H5) and human H1N1 virus, 2021-2023; Ferret study suggests seasonal flu immunity may protect against severe H5N1 infection;Global Summary of Recent Human Cases of H5N1 Bird Flu;Global Human Cases with Influenza A(H5N1), 1997-2025; New section: H5N1 - Wild Birds;Report details first suspected H5 avian flu detections in seabirds in Antarctica;Bird Flu on Dairy Farms May Be Airborne After All. Infectious bird flu virus was found in milk, on equipment, within wastewater and aerosolized in the air on California dairy farms; H1N1 Flu Pandemic of 2009 May Be Protecting Against Bird Flu; Judge orders Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2.2 billion in federal grants to Harvard. "There is, in reality, little connection between the research affected by the grant terminations and antisemitism," FDA warns of H5N1 avian flu detection in raw cat food; Organic Pet Food Regulations to be Cut Due to Deregulation Initiative. Organic Cat and Dog Food will be regulated "as livestock feed' instead of "pet food"; H5N1 detected in Texas dairy herd; researchers can't pinpoint source of California child's illness; >Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection in a Child with No Known Exposure - San Francisco, California, December 2024-January 2025;https://www.aphl.org/programs/infectious_disease/influenza/Documents/; STRATEGY FOR SUMMER 2025 INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE; CDC says avian flu may infect the gut, though risk is low; Influenza A Viruses May Infect GI Tract and Cause Digestive Symptoms; The (digestive) path less traveled: influenza A virus and the gastrointestinal tract;Update on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus for Clinicians and Healthcare Centers; Los Angeles cat H5N1 deaths prompt new warning about raw pet food;
• Health Education Resources Office of National Drug Control Policy: Experts' Views on Developing and Evaluating Media Campaigns Intended to Prevent Drug Misuse;
• Photos: Why it took courage for these women to pose for the camera; Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS); What is female genital schistosomiasis?; WHO guidelines for clinical management of arboviral diseases: dengue, chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever; New section: Arboviral diseases; Harvard study finds common virus triggers multiple sclerosis in 97% of cases. A major scientific breakthrough has identified the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as the leading cause of multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic inflammatory disease that affects nearly 3 million people worldwide; MS may increase Alzheimer's risk, new genetic analysis finds; T-cell changes linked to both disorders in analysis of genetic data;Influenza-Associated Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy in US Children;Influenza, not Tamiflu, may raise risk of neuropsychiatric events in kids; Communicable Disease Threats Report - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; Can you catch diseases from toilet seats?;What Is Lyme Disease?; New section: Chagas Disease;'Kissing bug' disease is here to stay in the US, experts say. Here's why it's spreading;Chagas Disease, an Endemic Disease in the United States; Wild Coast recalling raw cat food on bird flu contamination risk, FDA says; US cats euthanized after testing positive for bird flu linked to raw pet food;
• What Is West Nile Virus Infection?;Measles Outbreak Response - Measles Dashboard; 5 best ways to avoid getting sick with measles, according to experts. The U.S. is having the worst measles outbreak in decades. Here's what experts recommend you do to steer clear of the virus; Climate change helps diversify, increase transmissibility of West Nile virus; Report describes offseason plague case transmitted via cat; Early-Season Human Plague Transmitted from an Infected Cat - Oregon, January 2024; RSV Vaccines; Medical vs Nonmedical Immunization Exemptions for Child Care and School Attendance: Policy Statement; AAP calls for end to nonmedical vaccine exemptions for school attendance; Skeeter Syndrome Explained: When Mosquito Bites Trigger More Than an Itch;2 dead and 58 infected amid bacterial outbreak in NYC; You Might Be Hosting a Parasite Right Now. Here’s How to Tell; New section: Parasites;Measles Resurgence Puts People With HIV at Risk; Travelers Advised After Flesh-Eating Parasite Found in U.S. — How to Stay Safe; New section: Screwworm;Republicans are preparing to change Senate rules to speed Trump’s nominees; What is Scabies?; U.S. Measles Tracker - Tracking Measles Cases in the U.S;U.S. Measles Data Repository; New section: Nightmare Bacteria; 'Nightmare bacteria' cases are increasing in the US; Changes in Carbapenemase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, 2019 to 2023; CDC: Drug-resistant 'nightmare bacteria' pose growing threat; Increase in New Delhi Metallo-Lactamase "Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales" New York City, 2019-2024;
• Maternal Child Health 4 things to know about the vaccine ingredient thimerosal;Vaccines-for the flu, COVID-19 and other infections-a 'foundational pillar' of heart protection; Vaccination as a new form of cardiovascular prevention: a European Society of Cardiology clinical consensus statement: With the contribution of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care (ACVC), and the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC;How a third parent's DNA can prevent an inherited disease;Recommendations for COVID-19 Vaccines in Infants, Children, and Adolescents: Policy Statement; The American Academy of Pediatrics Releases Its Own Evidence-Based Immunization Schedule; The American Academy of Pediatrics’ Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule published August 19, 2025 can be found here;Vaccine Integrity Project presents reassuring data on vaccines for upcoming respiratory virus season; Adults 19 and Older Immunization Schedule; ACOG Releases Updated Maternal Immunization Guidance for COVID-19, Influenza, and RSV; COVID-19 Vaccination Considerations for Obstetric-Gynecologic Care;
• Nutrition Resources Are high-protein snacks worth the hype? Here's how to assess; Carbohydrate Intake Linked to Vascular Brain Injury, Reduced Cognition; New section: Food and Drug Interactions;The bizarre ways food messes with the medicines we take; FooDrugs: a comprehensive food-drug interactions database with text documents and transcriptional data; FooDrugs database: A database with molecular and text information about food - drug interactions; Midlife Brain Power Drops as Artificial Sweetener Use Rises - Low- and no-calorie sugar substitutes tied to decline in global cognition; Ultra-processed foods are bad for men's health, including sperm; A Battle Is Brewing Over Whole Milk; Ultraprocessed Foods and Cardiometabolic Health New Report on a "Growing Public Health Challenge";
• You can't outrun a bad diet. Food not lack of exercise fuels obesity, study finds; Obesity Rates: US States vs European Countries; New section: Cardiovascular Aspects; Body Fat Distribution Influences Cardiovascular Age; Prevalence of Clinical Obesity in US Adults Based on a Newly Proposed Definition;
• PHENOM Careers Page Income Gap Between Householders With College Degrees and Those With High School Degrees but No College Widened Over Last Two Decades;
• Public Health Data Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States: Results from the 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health;
• Public Health Data Firearm Laws and Pediatric Mortality in the US; US Neonatal Mortality From Perinatal Causes; Trends in US Children's Mortality, Chronic Conditions, Obesity, Functional Status, and Symptoms; 2024 NSDUH Annual National Report; Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States: Results from the 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health; 2024 Companion Infographic Report: Results from the 2021 to 2024 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health;
• Public Health Sites A - C Discovering VEXAS Insights Into a New Disease;Study Sheds Light on Drinking and Dementia Risk - No safe level of alcohol, largest analysis to date suggests;Review of Evidence on Alcohol and Health; No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health;
• Public Health Sites D-G Association of Endothelial Dysfunction With Chronic Marijuana Smoking and THC-Edible Use; The Drug Index: Be Informed. Search for information about a drug;Chemicals in plastics are literally killing us. Here's how we can break free; Airnow.gov air quality; Firesmoke.ca; How many people are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender?; 'Now is the time': Hurricane category 6 could be introduced under new storm severity scale; Adequately reflecting the severity of tropical cyclones using the new Tropical Cyclone Severity Scale; OnTheMap for Emergency Management; New section: Methamphetamine; Methamphetamine Use Disorder;What Comes After Fentanyl? In a 'Period of Hyper-change,' a New Opioid Is Emerging; New section: Nitazine;
• Public Health Sites H-L These Factors Increase the Risk of Kidney Cancer; Drug hits 'zombie cells' to fight off liver disease; Newfound immune cell in mice hints at why inflammation spikes with old age. Pathogen-consuming cells found in fat tissue also play a part in lipid balance;Scientists Find a Tattoo–Cancer Link But It's Not What You'd Expect. New research finds a surprising link between a person's risk of melanoma and the amount of tattoos they sport;
• Public Health Sites M - N What Are Eating Disorders?; Differential Obesity Trends in Asian and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander US Adults; Men's Reproductive Health; Why Japanese Am memories of incarceration are igniting protests; Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children's Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability; Acetaminophen - ASD-ADHD Products Liability Litigation; New section: Men's Health - Reproductive Health; Ultra-processed foods are bad for men's health, including sperm; The link between parental age and autism, explained Older men and women are more likely than young ones to have a child with autism, but this connection is not straightforward;The Day Our Government Told Mothers They Caused Their Children's Autism; Lung cancer research calls screening guidelines into question;
• Public Health Sites O-Z What your snot can reveal about your health; New section: Sexual Assault; Chapter 2: Etiology of Adult Sexual Offending;Outbreak of Silicosis among Engineered Stone Countertop Workers in Four States; Venomous Snakes and Snakebites; New section: Snakebites; Hypothyroidism A Review;
• Research Resources on the NetThe Ethics of Placebo-controlled Trials: Methodological Justifications;Inclusive Cancer Registries for Gender-Diverse Patients;
• Senior Health Eating eggs weekly may lower Alzheimer’s risk by nearly 50 percent: Study; Ageing accelerates at around age 50, some organs faster than others. An analysis of how various tissues age is the latest to suggest that ageing does not march to a steady beat; Balancing Lifestyle Factors for Cognitive Longevity in Seniors; What the data says about Social Security; Dementia Follows a Different Course in Men-Men had higher mortality than women after diagnosis; Cats and humans with dementia experience similar brain changes, study finds;Dementia's Link With Hearing Loss May Start Sooner Than We Think = Reduced risk depends on early intervention, data suggest;Air pollution directly linked to increased dementia risk. Long-term exposure accelerates the development of Lewy body dementia and Parkinson's disease with dementia in people who are predisposed to the conditions; Study Sheds Light on Drinking and Dementia Risk- No safe level of alcohol, largest analysis to date suggests;
• The science behind 'sleeping on it': new study reveals why naps spark insight;
• What to Know About 7-OH, the New Vape Shop Hazard; What to Know About 7-OH, the New Vape Shop Hazard; New section: Vaping with 7-OH; Hiding in Plain Sight: 7-OH Products The time to act is now. We can and must prevent the next wave of the opioid crisis.; 7-OH Report; 7-OH Consumer Guide; FDA Takes Steps to Restrict 7-OH Opioid Products Threatening American Consumers. Agency alerts health care professionals and consumers of 7-hydroxymitragynine risks;
• US Government Statistics Tracking approval and key issues:The latest AP-NORC polls;Income Gap Between Householders With College Degrees and Those With High School Degrees but No College Widened Over Last Two Decades;
• Web Resources Free Lunch Is Over for the AI That Broke the Web. Cloudflare, a company that runs 20% of the web, just flipped a switch that could end the open internet as we know it, forcing AI companies to pay for the content they've been taking for free; The End of the Internet As We Know It. Perplexity's Comet wants to kill the click. OpenAI is poised to follow. Google Chrome might be next on the chopping block; Scientists hide messages in papers to game AI peer review; Some studies containing instructions in white text or small font - visible only to machines will be withdrawn from preprint servers;Leaked ChatGPT Conversations Show People Asking the Bot to Do Some Dirty Work. Some questions should not be answered; Reddit Is Blocking the Wayback Machine From Archiving Posts. Reddit is limiting the Wayback Machine from indexing most of its site over concerns of unauthorized AI scraping; Is Your Smartphone Changing Your Personality?; AI 'deadbots' are persuasive - and researchers say they're primed for monetization;
• Women's HealthTaboos around women's bodies still interfere with healthcare; To Improve Health in the United States, Focus on Women;
• Women's Health - Life Cycle New section: Menarche; Cardiovascular, Reproductive Health Linked to Timing of Menarche; Knowing heightened risks can help women be proactive about health, researcher said ; Nonhormonal Treatment of Menopausal Vasomotor Symptoms; Medical Abortion:Action Needed to Ensure Compliance with Medicaid Drug Rebate Program;COVID-19 Vaccination Considerations for Obstetric-Gynecologic Care; Adults 19 and Older Immunization Schedule; ACOG Releases Updated Maternal Immunization Guidance for COVID-19, Influenza, and RSV; Heart Risks of Hormone Therapy for Hot Flashes Double Starting at This Age - Women initiating at 70 or older had 2-3 times the risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; New study suggests link between birth defects and preconception CT imaging;
• Women's Health Issues Osteoporosis, A Review; What the Epstein Scandal Tells us About the Impact of the #MeToo Movement; Alcohol Use Disorder Harms the Brain's Immune System Earlier in Women; Millions of women are 'under-muscled.' These foods help build strength; New section: Sarcopenia; Endometriosis: A Review; Abortion Restrictions and Infant Mortality in the United States, 2018-2023; Hysterectomy, Ovaries Removal Linked to Stroke Risk - More research on the long-term health consequences with these common interventions is needed;
• Women's Health - Breast and Other Cancers Breast cancer risk in younger women may be influenced by hormone therapy. NIH study could help to guide clinical recommendations for hormone therapy use among women under 55 years old; "Going flat": rethinking life after mastectomy; Specialized imaging technique offers pain-free, effective alternative to mammograms (photoacoustic CT, or PACT, imaging technique);Symptom-detected breast cancers more likely to require mastectomy, chemotherapy; Ovarian Cancer A Review; COVID significantly increases risk of death from metastatic cancer, new study shows; New section: COVID-19 and Breast Cancer; 'Sleeping' cancer cells in the lungs can be roused by COVID and flu. Inflammation from the respiratory infections seems to be the culprit, study in mice finds; What Seemed Like a Pregnancy Was Actually Something Far More Dangerous. The woman was diagnosed with an "exceedingly rare" condition often mistaken for ectopic pregnancy; What Research Says About HRT and Breast Cancer Risk; COVID significantly increases risk of death from metastatic cancer, new study shows; Hysterectomy, Ovaries Removal Linked to Stroke Risk - More research on the long-term health consequences with these common interventions is needed; Breast ultrasound finding may signal invasive cancer, research suggests; Anal Cancer Incidence Among Women With a History of Cervical Cancer by Age and Time Since Diagnosis;Air Pollutants and Breast Cancer Risk: A Parallel Analysis of Five Large US Prospective Cohorts; Expert panel develops new breast biopsy guidelines; Image-guided biopsy of breast lesions—when to use what biopsy technique;
• Women's Health - Heart Disease and Stroke Participation of Women in Cardiovascular Trials From 2017 to 2023 A Systematic Review; Why some women at risk of heart attack and stroke go undetected and undertreated. In a new study, researchers found that inflammation had an impact on heart disease risk similar to that of cholesterol; Hysterectomy, Ovaries Removal Linked to Stroke Risk - More research on the long-term health consequences with these common interventions is needed;
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