How citizens could help government with emergency decisions in the next pandemic
Rawpixel.com/ShutterstockThe UK’s COVID inquiry is putting pandemic policymaking under the microscope. One of the key questions is who should make...
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Prodrugs: pills your body converts into an illicit drug can evade detection, but we don’t know how big the problem is
Blackday/ShutterstockDrug traffickers have found a way to trick enforcement agencies by using one of the most potent tools our bodies...
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Ketone drinks: why we’re testing the effects of this supplement used by elite athletes on older adults
Ruslan Huzau/ShutterstockKetone drinks are used by elite athletes to improve focus and enhance performance. But could they also help people...
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Massachusetts is updating its sex education guidelines for the first time in 24 years
A dozen U.S. states still do not mandate sex education in schools. Xavier Lorenzo/Moment via Getty ImagesIn June 2023, the...
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Sentenced To Life
I looked at my dad. Then down at my phone. 10:32 pm. July 21. 2023. My dad was gone. On...
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I looked at my dad. Then down at my phone. 10:32 pm. July 21. 2023. My dad was gone. On...
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School-approved Cheetos? Why we must protect school food from corporate interests
Artwork created by public school students about the availability of healthy foods in schools. (Sara Kirk), Author providedUniversal access to...
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Skin, mouth, lungs … it’s not just your gut that has a microbiome
ImageFlow/ShutterstockA lot has been written and said about the gut microbiome – the community of bacteria, viruses, fungi and archaea...
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WHO expert cancer group states that the sweetener aspartame is a possible carcinogen, but evidence is limited – 6 questions answered
Research on possible links between aspartame consumption and cancer is ongoing and far from conclusive. celsopupo/iStock via Getty Images PlusThe...
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Mental illness in fathers may increase the risk of preterm birth – new research
MiniStocker/ShutterstockMothers with a mental illness are more likely to give birth too early, according to research. But the risk of...
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