
U.S. Sunscreens Aren’t Great. The FDA Could Soon Change That
The U.S. is considering allowing bemotrizinol, a highly effective UV filter used throughout Europe and Asia, in its sunscreen products for the first time

U.S. Sunscreens Aren’t Great. The FDA Could Soon Change That
The U.S. is considering allowing bemotrizinol, a highly effective UV filter used throughout Europe and Asia, in its sunscreen products for the first time

Measles Outbreaks Accelerate as U.S. Inches Closer to a Disease Tipping Point
More than 1,900 people, mostly children, have been sickened by measles in the U.S. in 2025. The outbreaks are moving the country toward losing its measles-free status by early next year


Uterine Fibroids Significantly Raise Risk of Heart Disease
In a new study, women diagnosed with these common growths had a more than 80 percent higher risk of developing heart disease over a 10-year period than their peers did

Scientists Explain How mRNA COVID Vaccines May Rarely Cause Myocarditis
A new study identifies a mechanism for how COVID vaccines may, in infrequent cases, drive heart inflammation, a condition that can be caused by the disease itself

A Deadly Coronavirus Resurfaces in France for First Time in 12 Years
French health officials are trying to trace all the contacts of two men who contracted MERS, a potentially lethal disease that is typically confined to the Middle East

RFK, Jr., Questions Safety of Approved RSV Shots for Babies
FDA officials are newly scrutinizing several approved therapies to treat RSV in babies despite the fact that these shots were shown to be safe in clinical trials

Puppy Power, Vaccines under Fire, Satellite Warning
Vaccine controversies, space pollution and puppy power.

Death by Fermented Food
Some fermenting foods can carry the risk of a bacterium that produces an extremely strong toxin called bongkrekic acid

Why Leftover Pizza Might Actually Be Healthier
Researchers have discovered that cooling starchy foods—from pizza to rice—creates “resistant starch,” a carb that behaves like fiber and alters your blood sugar response

CDC Formally Drops Guidance for Universal Hepatitis B Shots at Birth
New guidance from the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel scraps a decades-old universal birth dose recommendation for hepatitis B that helped cut infections by 99 percent in the U.S.

Aluminum Is Crucial to Vaccines—And Safe. Why Are CDC Advisers Debating It?
RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory panel will be discussing the inclusion of adjuvants in childhood vaccinations today. Here’s what’s at stake

Is There New Hope for Treating Postpartum Depression?
Journalist Marla Broadfoot discusses zuranolone, a drug that may help people whose postpartum depression hasn’t responded to traditional antidepressants.