An HIV-free generation is closer than you think
Ismail Harerimana grew up in Uganda not knowing why he was always sick.His childhood in the 1990s was a string ...
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Flavored vapes doomed Trump’s FDA head
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How worried should I be about hantavirus?
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The old tech that could help stop the next airborne pandemic
It’s hard to imagine modern life without glycols. They are used in cosmetics, fog machines, and food. As you read ...
Do health influencers actually know what they’re talking about?
A generation or two ago, when you had a medical question, the solution was obvious: Ask your doctor.But these days, ...
Why America’s HIV epidemic hasn’t ended
Brenton Williams finally felt he had the proper health insurance to ask his doctor about PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), a highly ...
Please don’t inject yourself with bootleg peptides
Peptides seem to be everywhere — and there are more on the way. Adherents promise these tiny chains of amino ...
Why the new GLP-1 pill is such a big deal
A new era of weight loss medication began on Wednesday: The Food and Drug Administration has approved Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 ...
The man who bet against humanity — and lost
On February 9, 1970, Johnny Carson did something that would be unthinkable for a late night host today, or really ...
What would you do alone in a cage with nothing but cocaine?
Imagine you’re alone in a room. No phone. No windows. No way out.There’s only one thing in there with you: ...
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