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Delhi’s Air Pollution Is So Bad That It Is An Emergency

A government official recommended eating carrots. Carrots may be good but they’re not going to help in this case.

Bill Maher Supports Vaccine-Autism Connection

On the November 1, 2019 episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” he had a conversation with pediatrician Jay Gordon, MD, known for providing troves of high-profile families with personal belief exemptions and medical exemptions to postpone or forego vac…

High-Intensity Exercise Boosts Memory In Seniors

A new study suggests that seniors should be doing high-intensity exercise to improve their memory.

U.S. Sponsors Of Health Insurance Lack Evidence-Based Transparency In Formulary Decisions

Offering no clear reason for formulary choices, or why a purportedly value-based formulary option is not being adopted is not evidence-based. Nor is it evidence-based to give an absolute “no” to high-priced therapies in spite of their comparative effec…

How Bad Can Surgical Training Be? See These Two New Studies

Two new studies show what many surgical residents and surgeons have to endure and how this may lead to burnout, which affects patients.

Trump’s Medicaid Work Rules Could Lose Big In Tuesday’s Kentucky Governor Race

A general election Tuesday in Kentucky for the state’s governorship could bring an end to Republican efforts to implement Medicaid work requirements in the state and beyond.

CERT Training Highlights Need To Check Smoke Detectors, Prepare Emergency Kit

You don’t have to live on a coast to wonder when the next disaster might hit close to home. Use the time change this weekend to check smoke alarms and fire extinguishers and prepare an emergency kit.

The Political Battlefield Of Infections And Migrant Children’s Bodies

Deaths from influenza have occurred among migrant children in detention. Yet the US government is denying them flu vaccination, and recently went to court arguing that children are not entitled to basic sanitation, clean clothes, bathing, and toothbrus…

Google To Buy Fitbit For $2.1 Billion, What About Privacy Concerns?

Fitbit is getting Googled, in more ways than one.

10th Salmonella Outbreak Of 2019: This Time It Is Ground Beef

You may have a beef with the latest Salmonella outbreak, just make sure that it isn’t under-cooked ground beef.