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Dengue wave hits Mexican coasts

 Health
• March 19, 2024

Dengue cases in Mexico have more than tripled. What does this mean for tourism?

Visualization of plastic straws breaking down into smaller pieces of plastic.

Munching on plastic?

 Environment
• January 10, 2024

Microplastics are everywhere — including in our bodies. Here is what you need to know

Person with a white, circular continuous glucose monitor on the back of their upper arm holding black display monitor next to it

Blood glucose monitoring systems are on the rise but who really needs them?

 Health
• January 23, 2023

As new uses emerge for continuous glucose monitors, questions remain about their utility for people without diabetes

Two people point at a smartphone. A health app is on the screen.

Guard your menstrual data from informants, experts warn

 Health
• November 30, 2022

In order to prosecute you for an illegal abortion, police need to know it happened in the first place

In the foreground there are two plastic takeout rice boxes, behind them a stack of three sturdy plastic takeout containers.

Is it safe to microwave plastic containers?

 Plastics
• September 8, 2022

Many plastics contain harmful chemicals, and a zap in the microwave can increase your exposure. The FDA says this exposure isn’t a concern, but some experts recommend caution

A representative image of space. The story is about how the mitochondria level in astronauts help gauge the health risks when they are in space.

Keeping astronauts healthy, up there and down here

 Health
• January 12, 2022

Mitochondria counts may be a crucial tool for measuring the risks of radiation and weightlessness

A packet of chewing gum. The story is about chewing gum minimising gut discomfort after heart surgery and various other surgeries. This image is a representative of chewing gum.

For an easier post-surgical recovery, try. . . gum

 Health
• December 6, 2021

A new study says a simple stick of chewing gum relieves post-surgical discomfort and shortens hospital stays

Cardboard sign propped up against a building that reads "Idle? Engine off. Children Breathing." With a drawing of a flower with a frown. Sign is propped up near a line of traffic.

Traffic pollution increases risk for irregular and rapid heart rhythm

 Health
• November 22, 2021

Long-term exposure to car fumes have lasting effects on heart health

Illustration of three phages descending upon a single bacterium.

To kill a superbug

 Life Science
• November 19, 2021

Scientists are recruiting phages, bacteria’s natural predators, as the antibiotic resistance crisis worsens.

Line drawing illustration of the two Nobel prize winners, Julius and Patapoutian

Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for research on temperature, touch

 Health
• October 4, 2021

Two U.S.-based researchers are honored for their work on sensation.

Eight pills of Truvada are depicted. Each are engraved to say 701. The pills are blue.

A little blue pill that protects you from HIV — if you use it

 Health
• January 29, 2021

PrEP is close to 99% effective in preventing HIV. So, why aren’t more people using it?

Smoke rises from trees on mountain ridges

Prescribed fires may mean safer smoke

 Environment
• December 16, 2020

Emerging research suggests that smoke from prescribed burns is less harmful than from wildfires

Two pictures of the same rocky, high desert view side-by-side. On the left, the sky is blue and clear. On the right the air is yellow with smoke, visibility is reduced, and the sky is grey.

A flawed number that saves lives

 Environment
• November 25, 2020

Millions of people rely on the Air Quality Index, but experts say it’s a rough measure at best

Two masks on a red background

Black veterans more likely to test positive for coronavirus than white veterans

 Health
• November 20, 2020

But there’s no difference in the rate of deaths caused by COVID-19, according to a new study

People in difficult to reach areas are often undercounted

COVID-19 disrupts US Census count in Navajo Nation

 Health
• September 25, 2020

Native Americans are often missed by the census — this year COVID-19 is perpetuating the issue

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