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

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.

CDC Vaccine Panel in Disarray over Hepatitis B Vote
Members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices seemed confused about a proposed recommendation for the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine

Man Dies of Rabies after Receiving Infected Kidney Transplant
A man has passed away after he received a kidney transplant from a person who had died with undiagnosed rabies, according to U.S. public health officials

Scientists Pinpoint Gene in Sperm That May Be Key to Male Infertility
Without the gene Poc5, male mice produced no viable sperm, pointing to a possible link to infertility

Trump’s MRI Is Not Standard ‘Preventive’ Care, Say Experts
“It is certainly not standard medical practice to perform screening MRIs of the heart and abdomen,” says one expert

Video: Highlights from a Sickle Cell Disease Event
Scientific American hosted an event at Morehouse School of Medicine to highlight medical advances in treating sickle cell disease and how far we still have to go

Scientists Release Data Backing Hepatitis B Vaccines for Newborns Ahead of Crucial Vaccine Panel Vote
The review was carried out and released by the Vaccine Integrity Project, which is dedicated to bolstering vaccines in the U.S.

Changing the FDA’s Vaccine Approval Process Could Threaten COVID, Flu Protection for Children
The FDA is reportedly mulling changes that could make childhood vaccines less accessible and more expensive