Do You Really Need a Water Filter?
All sorts of nasties—lead, mercury, radium, nitrates, norovirus, agricultural runoff, PFAS, and more—can lurk in your water. No surprise, then,...
Why You Get Your Best Ideas in the Shower
I have long since gotten out of the habit of writing down my best ideas in felt-tip pen. Felt-tip ink...
How Is Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosed?
Speculation about President Joe Biden’s health is rife after the president’s poor debate performance, marked by a stiff gait and...
There’s Yet Another Danger Lurking in Your Gas Stove
In a fast-food culture, there may be few things better for your health than making a simple home-cooked meal. But...
A Test Told Me I’m Basically Made of Plastic. You Probably Are Too
I might like to think of my body as a thing of bone and blood and tissue and water, but...
Evidence of Dangerous ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Bandages
Many brands of bandages may contain PFAS chemicals, according to a new report commissioned by Environmental Health News (EHN) and...
How to Safely Watch the Total Eclipse
The first solar eclipse I had a chance to witness I in fact didn’t witness at all. It was July...
Football Can Damage the Brains of High-School Players
As much as fans will have to spend to attend the Feb. 11 Super Bowl, the game of football costs...
Researchers Are Working on At-Home Tests for Lyme Disease
If there has been one silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s been the rise of rapid self-tests, which provide...
The Least Toxic Ways to Protect Yourself from Ticks
When it comes to keeping away creatures that creep and crawl, the U.S. doesn’t mess around. More than 198 million...
All The Stuff in Your Home That Might Contain PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’
If you put on a pair of soft contact lenses this morning you took a greater risk than you might...
Now We Need to Worry About Harmful ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Our Toilet Paper Too
In case you’re counting, the average American will go through 26 kg (57 lbs) of toilet paper in a single...
The Chinese Spy Balloon Has Inflated America’s Paranoia
There’s no way of knowing—at least not yet—everything the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down off the coast of...
Air Pollution Is Linked to Stillbirths—Especially in Poorer Countries
About 140 million babies were born globally last year—the equivalent of adding an entire new Russia to the world’s population....
Online Hate Speech Increases During Extreme Hot and Cold Weather, Study Shows
Humans prefer their weather in something of a Goldilocks zone—a not-too-hot, not-too-cold temperature window which not only affects our physical...
The Polio Threat Continues to Grow—But a New Vaccine Could Make a Difference
The recent return of polio has hit like something of an epidemiological thunderclap. It was in 1979 that polio was...
Melatonin Overdoses Among Kids Are Up 530%, New Research Finds
In a market glutted with over-the-counter sleep aids, melatonin is one of the most popular. A naturally occurring hormone, it...
Routine Childhood Vaccination Rates Fell as Misinformation About the COVID-19 Shot Rose
Anti-vaccine sentiments have been simmering in the U.S. since at least 1998, when the Lancet, a prestigious medical journal, published—and...
A Mysterious Hepatitis Outbreak Among Children Is Baffling Doctors
Since last autumn, doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Alabama have been wrestling with a mystery. From October 2021 through...
