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Federal Officials Find No Live Bird Flu Virus in Initial Milk Tests

The early results suggest that pasteurization is killing the H5N1 virus in milk, something that regulators were not certain of.

Apr-27-2024

Biden Delays Ban on Menthol Cigarettes

The proposal had been years in the making, in an effort to curb death rates of Black smokers targeted by Big Tobacco. In an election year, the president’s worries about support among Black voters...

Apr-26-2024

Beth Linker is Turning Good Posture On its Head

A historian and sociologist of science re-examines the “posture panic” of the last century. You’ll want to sit down for this.

Apr-26-2024

At Least Three Women Were Infected With H.I.V. After ‘Vampire Facials’

The women underwent the cosmetic procedure at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico.

Apr-26-2024

One in Five Milk Samples Nationwide Shows Genetic Traces of Bird Flu

There is no evidence that the milk is unsafe to drink, scientists say. But the survey result strongly hints that the outbreak may be widespread.

Apr-25-2024

Grandmother Becomes Second Patient to Receive Kidney From Gene-Edited Pig

NYU Langone Health surgeons performed the transplant after implanting a mechanical heart pump in the severely ill patient.

Apr-24-2024

FDA Approves Antibiotic to Treat Urinary Infections

Pivmecillinam, which has been used in Europe for decades, will become available next year to women 18 and older.

Apr-24-2024

Supreme Court Arguments on Idaho’s Abortion Ban: 5 Takeaways

The court’s ruling could extend to at least half a dozen other states that have similarly restrictive bans, and the implications of the case could stretch beyond abortion.

Apr-24-2024

Abortion Data Wars: States and Cities Debate How Much Information to Collect

Some states with Republican-controlled legislatures want more data, while some controlled by Democrats want less, fearing it could be used to target patients or providers.

Apr-23-2024

Penny Simkin, ‘Mother of the Doula Movement,’ Dies at 85

As a childbirth educator and maternal advocate, she promoted a profession that provides comfort to women giving birth and offers postpartum care as well.

Apr-26-2024