Vaccine trial in the Netherlands hopes to protect against fentanyl-related overdose and death. Just a tiny amount of fentanyl, the […]
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12 former FDA chiefs unite to say agency memo on vaccines is deeply stupid
On Friday, Vinay Prasad—the Food and Drug Administration’s chief medical and scientific officer and its top vaccine regulator—emailed a stunning memo […]
More FDA drama: Top drug regulator calls it quits after 3 weeks
The top drug regulator at the Food and Drug Administration, Richard Pazdur, has decided to retire from the agency just […]
Meet CDC’s new lead vaccine advisor who thinks shots cause heart disease
Milhoan has a history of touting unproven COVID cures while disparaging vaccines. Kirk Milhoan, James Pagano, and Robert Malone are […]
Achieving lasting remission for HIV
Promising trials using engineered antibodies suggest that “functional cures” may be in reach. A digital illustration of an HIV-infected T […]
Four-inch worm hatches in woman’s forehead, wriggles to her eyelid
Creeping For anyone enjoying—or at least trying to enjoy—Thanksgiving in America, you can be thankful that these worms are not […]
RFK Jr.’s new CDC deputy director prefers “natural immunity” over vaccines
Under ardent anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has named Louisiana Surgeon […]
There may not be a safe off-ramp for some taking GLP-1 drugs, study suggests
Of the 308 who benefited from tirzepatide, 254 (82 percent) regained at least 25 percent of the weight they had […]
Why you don’t want to get tuberculosis on your penis
Miliary tuberculosis (MTB) is a severe form of tuberculosis in which the instigating bacteria— Mycobacterium tuberculosis or potentially a relative […]
James Watson, who helped unravel DNA’s double-helix, has died
James Dewey Watson, who helped reveal DNA’s double-helix structure, kicked off the Human Genome Project, and became infamous for his […]