Frequent wildfire smoke is causing chronic health problems for Americans in the East and the West.
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AI’s new frontier: Connecting grieving loved ones with the deceased
How scientists are using virtual reality to create avatars, chatbots and even eternal digital entities.
Repeat coronavirus infections can still be dangerous, study suggests
The research found that patients with reinfections tended to have more complications in organ systems and a greater chance of being diagnosed with long covid.
Please stop licking psychedelic toads, National Park Service warns
The National Park Service told visitors to quit licking the Sonoran Desert toad in attempts to get high from the natural psychedelic substance bufotenin, also known as 5-MeO-DMT.
Paxlovid may reduce long covid risk for some patients, VA study finds
The report showed an approximately 25 percent reduction in 10 of the 12 symptoms studied, including the common complaints of lingering fatigue and brain fog.
What to know about collagen supplements for your skin and joints
Here are important points about this protein and the anti-aging supplements.
Blood, bile, melancholy and phlegm: Medicine in Shakespeare’s day
Phlegm, blood, black and yellow bile were all thought to rule human bodies and behaviors in the Bard’s day.
Why aren’t there more ways to treat alcoholism?
Getting promising new medications into the hands of doctors and their patients has proved difficult.
States take on PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ with bans and lawsuits
The chemicals don’t naturally break down and are so widespread that they’re found in the blood of 97 percent of Americans.
CDC warns of tough winter as flu, RSV and covid collide
CDC reports unusually high flu hospitalizations amid concerns of flu, covid and RSV further straining health system this winter.
