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In a press conference, the director-general of the Africa CDC addressed plans for a controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial.

Top African Health Official Blasts Trump Administration’s Plans for Human Experimentation in Africa

China's birth rates dropped 17 percent between 2024 and 2025 to the lowest level since 1949, a population crisis of its own making.

China Has Screwed Up Really, Really Badly

By Victor Tangermann

The HHS is disparaging its colleagues at the Africa CDC in coarse terms, that are striking even by the standards of the Trump administration.

Trump’s HHS Trashes Top African Health Organization as “Fake” and “Powerless”

Some scientists are coming out against the studies that claimed to have found alarming amounts of microplastics in human bodies.

Wait… All Those Studies May Have “Detected” Microplastics in the Human Body Because of a Severe Error

By Frank Landymore

Washington State University professor of medicine Bruce Davidson says Trump appears to have suffered a stroke.

Doctor Says Trump Appears to Be Showing Signs of a Stroke

Plastic surgeons are using fat harvested from dead people to inject into patients who want body contouring work done.

Plastic Surgeons Are Using Material From Dead People on New Patients

By Sharon Adarlo

A "major disruption in the illicit fentanyl trade, possibly tied to Chinese government actions," may have caused a drop in overdose deaths.

Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Are Now Falling Sharply, and You’ll Never Guess Why

By Victor Tangermann

The Guardian found that Google's AI Overviews' summaries are loaded with inaccurate health information that could put people at risk.

Google’s AI Overviews Caught Giving Dangerous “Health” Advice

By Victor Tangermann

A surgical team in China successfully grafted a human patient's ear to their foot in a remarkable medical intervention.

Scientists Graft Human Ear Onto Foot

By Frank Landymore

Scientists have discovered that feeding mice with microplastics increases plaque buildup in the arteries of male mice.

Doctors Find Evidence Microplastics Are Clogging Arteries, Leading to Heart Attacks and Strokes

By Sharon Adarlo

A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.

Alzheimer’s Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say

By Sharon Adarlo

Scientists said a novel compound can arrest early stages of Alzheimer's disease in mice brains, setting the stage for a possible cure.

Scientists Identify Possible Game Changing Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease That Could Control It Like High Cholesterol

By Sharon Adarlo

Men get castrated tend to live longer than their uncut peers, which is also seen in the rest of the mammalian world, scientists said.

Scientists Discover Strong Upside for Men Getting Castrated

By Sharon Adarlo

Scientists are set to begin new trials testing the use of GLP-1 drugs similar to Ozempic and Wegovy in pets.

Scientists Testing GLP-1s for Overweight Dogs and Cats

By Frank Landymore

A new study strongly suggests that low doses of weight loss drugs like Ozempic can counteract aging in middle aged mice.

Low Doses of Ozempic-Like Drug Can Counteract Aging in Older Mice, Study Finds

By Sharon Adarlo

A pharmaceutical executive collapsed during an event where president Donald Trump announced a new initiative for subsidized weight-loss drugs.

Man Collapses During Oval Office Event on Drug Prices

By Victor Tangermann