The CDC Vaccine Skeptic Now on the New Leadership Team
Dr. Sara Brenner, an FDA official who has urged people not to reflexively believe in vaccine benefits, was named to the new CDC leadership team Thursday.
Nora Whitfield
Bureau: Chicago
Idaho's Bird-Flu Dairy Quarantine Holds at Seventeen as Moderna Starts an mRNA Trial Without Federal Money
A drug company started a Phase 1/2 H5N1 mRNA trial at its own expense after HHS canceled the federal funding for it.
Backyard-Chicken Salmonella Sickens Thirty-Four People in Thirteen States
The CDC traced 34 antibiotic-resistant salmonella infections to backyard chicks bought through hatcheries — a homestead-poultry boom now has a federal consumer warning.
Raw-Milk Legalization Spreads Faster Than the Outbreaks Can Be Tracked
More state houses are passing raw-milk laws this year than at any point since the 1980s, even as H5N1 contaminates dairy herds in 18 states.
An Oxford Scan Picks Up Endometriosis That Standard Imaging Misses
A pilot study at Oxford correctly identified endometriosis in 14 of 17 surgically confirmed cases — an average diagnostic wait of nine years could shrink to weeks.
Brain Scans Find Three ADHD Subtypes, Including a More Extreme One
A 1,154-child imaging study identifies three biologically distinct ADHD subtypes — and the most severe is defined by meltdowns, not inattention.
Pancreatic Cancer Trials Are Finally Stirring Hope
Two clinical trials are showing real survival gains against the deadliest of the major cancers — after decades of nothing working.
Psychedelic Retreats Boom Without Safety Guardrails
Ayahuasca and mushroom retreats are a fast-growing wellness segment with almost no regulation — and the deaths are no longer hypothetical.
Do Weighted Vests Actually Get You in Shape Faster
TikTok's spring fitness craze has a real but narrow upside — bone density and walking economy — and a real downside if you skip the load progression.
Lester Wright, Who Sprinted Into the World Record at One Hundred, Dies at One Hundred Three
He ran the hundred at one hundred in twenty-six and a half seconds, and he kept running a few more years for the company.
The WashU Loneliness Study Still Has No Federal Answer on Day Twelve
Twelve days into a study that names nearly half of young adults as lonely, no HHS office has named the program lane that owns it.
NICE and Cochrane's Day Two Still Has No Eisai or Lilly Statement
Two days after the consultation closed with the Cochrane review on the table, neither manufacturer has answered the methodology fight in public.