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The life expectancy for American men has steadily dropped for several years. Meanwhile, deaths from drug overdose have nearly doubled.
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By Dan Robitzski

According to a new report by Common Sense Media found that the average screen time for children in the U.S. is as high as its ever been.
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By Victor Tangermann

Compared to the casualties caused by the mysterious vape lung illness, taking up smoking at all is still drastically more deadly.
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By Dan Robitzski

People in the Phillipines are selling organs on Facebook, supplying an illegal human organ trafficking ring in exchange for some desperately-needed cash.
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By Dan Robitzski

By the end of 2018, 50 Salt Lake City-based users of a CBD vape product called Yolo! experienced "an intense high of hallucinations and even seizures."
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By Victor Tangermann

An international group of scientists is compiling a biological "atlas" of all the individual cells that make up the human body.
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By Jacob Banas

Experts argue the prevalence of "vape lung" in the U.S. comes from the country's tendency to treat public health concerns as moral issues, unlike the UK.
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By Dan Robitzski

A massive study reveals a link between dads drinking in the months leading up to conception and an increased risk of congenital heart defects in their kids.
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By Dan Robitzski

A 17-year-old teenager from New York died of "vaping-related illness" on Friday according to officials, as the New York Times reports.
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By Victor Tangermann

California is now the first state to allow residents to obtain the HIV prevention drugs PrEP and PEP directly from their pharmacists.
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By Kristin Houser

New warnings about "zombie deer disease" are sweeping the U.S., but according to one expert, it may already be too late to stop the spread to humans.
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By Kristin Houser

Jesse Karmazin, founder of blood transfusion clinic Ivy Plasma, suggested a former patient faked his own death. He says it must have been a prank caller.
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By Dan Robitzski

A judge ruled that plans to open an overdose prevention site in Philadelphia would not violate the Controlled Substances Act's "crack house statute."
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By Kristin Houser

A team of Japanese scientists have created artificial blood that can be used in any patient, regardless of their blood type.
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By Victor Tangermann

Dr. Ben Margolis founded the Autopsy Center of Chicago, where provides the option to have the procedure recorded for educational videos or streamed online.
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By Dan Robitzski

The CEO of popular vape brand Juul Labs, Kevin Burns, just quit after drawing harsh criticism from regulators about allegedly marketing to children.
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By Victor Tangermann

After promising results in animal studies, doctors from the University of Pennsylvania are about to test an experimental herpes vaccine on humans.
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By Dan Robitzski

Those mysterious "sonic attacks" that gave diplomats visiting Cuba in 2016 concussion-like symptoms may have actually been caused by pesticide fumes.
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By Dan Robitzski

Ethan J. Lindenberger, an advocate of vaccines, spotted his own photo amongst those of "dead" children at an anti-vax vigil in California.
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By Kristin Houser

A Russian research lab known to house smallpox suffered an explosion that blew out windows and sent one person to the hospital with severe burns.
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By Kristin Houser

A company called Trusii told customers it would pay them monthly if they took out a loan to participate in a study testing its hydrogen water machine.
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By Dan Robitzski

After photographing dead bodies for 17 months, scientists at a body farm made a greusome discovery: decomposing corpses wriggle around as they dry up.
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By Dan Robitzski

At the press conference where he called for a flavored vape ban, Trump claimed that children are running home and begging their parents for vapes.
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By Dan Robitzski

some people are planning — or at least tweeting about planning — to stock up on their beloved Mango-flavored Juuls and other tropical-flavored vape juices.
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By Dan Robitzski

Trump told reporters on Wednesday morning that the FDA would soon ban the sale of flavored vape products, saying that they were becoming a problem for kids.
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By Dan Robitzski

Three more health departments have announced vape-related deaths, bringing the total death tally of the mysterious lung disease up to five people.
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By Dan Robitzski

First US State Bans Flavored E-Cigarettes
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By Kristin Houser

A new gel could someday help people regrow tooth enamel, potentially erasing tooth decay and replacing artificial fillings.
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By Dan Robitzski

Medical testing startup uBiome based its consumer gut-testing kits on some shoddy science, including keeping animal and infant research in its database.
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By Dan Robitzski

In a newly filed lawsuit, an Illinois teen accuses JUUL and Phillip Morris of violating the RICO Act by marketing their e-cigarettes to minors.
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By Kristin Houser

Teens and young adults are finding themselves in the hospital with severe respiratory illnesses caused by vaping, even when they're otherwise healthy.
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By Dan Robitzski