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This Man Eats So Much Butter, Cheese, and Beef That Cholesterol Oozes From His Skin

What could go wrong with eating an extremely high-fat diet of beef, cheese, and sticks of butter?...

The Study That Called Out Black Plastic Utensils Had a Major Math Error

Editors of the environmental chemistry journal Chemosphere have posted an eye-catching correction to a study reporting toxic...

Standing Desks Are Better for Your Health—but Still Not Enough

Without question, inactivity is bad for us. Prolonged sitting is consistently linked to higher risks of cardiovascular...

A Popular Decongestant Doesn’t Work. The FDA Is Finally Doing Something About It

In a long-sought move, the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday formally began the process of...

The Covid-19 Summer Wave Is So Big, the FDA Might Release New Vaccines Early

With the US experiencing a relatively large summer wave of Covid-19, the Food and Drug Administration is...

US Government Awards Moderna $176 Million for mRNA Bird Flu Vaccine

The US government will pay Moderna $176 million to develop an mRNA vaccine against a pandemic influenza—an...

Wegovy Can Keep Weight Off for at Least 4 Years, Research Shows

A large, long-term trial of the weight-loss medication Wegovy (semaglutide) found that people tended to lose weight...

Despite Bird Flu Risk, Raw-Milk Drinkers Are Undaunted

To drink raw milk at any time is to flirt with dangerous germs. But, amid an unprecedented...