The White House recently launched a web page entitled: “Lab Leak. The True Origins of COVID-19” Whitehouse.gov/Screenshot by NPR Whitehouse.gov/Screenshot by NPR The White House has taken down some government websites providing COVID-19 information and replaced them with a new boldly styled page dedicated to the controversial theory that theContinue Reading
The Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters is a block from the White House in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The US Department of Veterans Affairs appears to be backing off a plan to send telehealth therapists back to offices that may lack privacy, according to a memoContinue Reading
Cuts to support staff at the Food and Drug Administration are shifting work to the agency’s inspectors. Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images When Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in March that he would eliminate thousands of jobs from federal healthContinue Reading
The Trump administration has replaced the government’s main portal for information about Covid with a website arguing that the virus leaked from a lab, throwing its weight behind a theory of the virus’s origins that is so far not backed by direct evidence and that many scientists consider less likelyContinue Reading
A federal prosecutor has sent letters to at least three medical journals accusing them of political bias and asking a series of probing questions suggesting that the journals mislead readers, suppress opposing viewpoints and are inappropriately swayed by their funders. The letters were signed by Edward Martin Jr., a RepublicanContinue Reading
As the United States struggles to contain a resurgence of measles that has swept through swaths of the Southwest, neighboring countries are responding to their own outbreaks. Canada has reported more than 730 cases this year, making this one of the worst measles outbreaks in the country since it declaredContinue Reading
Sarah Redzikowski tilted her head and leaned closer to her phone camera, examining the redness that spread from her cheekbones to her chin. She traced her fingers over her swollen skin and sobbed, placing her face in her hands. “I hate that I do this to myself,” she said softly.Continue Reading
A friend of mine is retiring after dreaming about it for years. Yet when he packed up his office, he burst into tears. “I have no idea why,” he told me. “I’ve wanted out forever.” We expect some life transitions to be difficult, like a serious illness or the endContinue Reading
Two new studies suggest that stem-cell treatments may be getting closer to becoming widely available for Parkinson’s patients. pocketlight/iStockphoto/Getty Images pocketlight/iStockphoto/Getty Images Patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease may soon benefit from a powerful treatment option: stem-cell transplants. In a pair of small studies designed primarily to test safety, two teamsContinue Reading
Imagine a nail jabbing at a shiny blue balloon. Pop! That’s what rejection can feel like for someone with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, one TikTok creator told his audience: an explosion of emotions. The clip, which has nearly 300,000 likes, is one of thousands of posts about “rejection sensitive dysphoria,”Continue Reading
