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Ocean water and Arctic ice may contain viruses that can help trap pollution — and scientists are figuring out ways to enhance them.

Scientists Propose Hacking Viruses to Fight Climate Change

By Noor Al-Sibai

King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace officials confirmed today. We still don't know what kind or what stage.

King Charles Has Cancer

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers gene-hacked a strain of bacteria to turn wasteful polyethylene plastic into a spider silk-like material as strong as Kevlar.

Scientists Gene-Hack Bacteria to Turn Waste Plastic Into Kevlar-Like Spider Silk

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

During the Trump administration, the White House's personal pharmacy operated as a glorified pill mill, a new watchdog report claims.

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Unregulated White House Pharmacy Gave Out Uppers and Downers to Senior Staff Under Trump

By Noor Al-Sibai

An 11-year-old boy with congenital deafness can now hear sounds after he received groundbreaking gene therapy.

Gene Therapy Administered Via Virus Cures Deafness in 11-Year-Old Boy

By Sharon Adarlo

Young people are getting diagnosed with cancer at rates higher than ever before — and doctors are stumped as to why.

Doctors Alarmed by Young People Getting Cancer at Unprecedented Rates

By Noor Al-Sibai

The FDA says there's not a strong link between semaglutide and suicidal thoughts — but there's more to those results than meets the eye.

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The FDA Says Ozempic Probably Won’t Make You Suicidal

By Noor Al-Sibai

A forthcoming Elvis hologram tour is the latest in a string of holographic AI resurrections that fail to deal with their subjects' darkness.

Alleged Groomer to Get the AI Hologram Treatment

By Noor Al-Sibai

People who stopped using Ozempic and Wegovy have reported one unfortunate, if not life-threatening, side effect: regaining the weight back.

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Semaglutide Patients Regained More Weight Than They’d Lost After Stopping Their Injections

By Noor Al-Sibai

People have evidently been overdosing on semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, because they're taking too much of it.

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Thousands of People Have Reportedly Overdosed on Ozempic

By Noor Al-Sibai

Iconic French-Canadian singer Celine Dion's is apparently unable to move much as her stiff person syndrome has worsened.

Celine Dion’s Family Shares Grim Medical News

By Noor Al-Sibai

"Friends" actor Matthew Perry, who was undergoing ketamine treatment at the time of his death, had high levels of the drug in his body.

Matthew Perry Was Undergoing Ketamine Treatment at Time of Ketamine-Linked Death

By Sharon Adarlo

A cancer-combating pill called divarasib could be a breakthrough in treating a specific form of bowel cancer.

Anti-Cancer Pill Shows Promising Results in Human Experiment

By Frank Landymore

Pfizer's new experimental weight-loss pill worked in achieving its stated goal — but with that weight loss came some pretty bad side effects.

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Pfizer Cancels New Weight Loss Pill After Patients Experience Serious Side Effects

By Noor Al-Sibai

“Euphoria” Producer Died After Medical Emergency While Tesla Was on Autopilot

“Euphoria” Producer Died After Medical Emergency While Tesla Was on Autopilot

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists in China claim they were able to give deaf children the ability to hear after a novel genetic treatment.

New Genetic Treatment Successfully Lets Deaf Children Hear

By Sharon Adarlo

A public employee in Washington State is suing to get her health insurer to cover Wegovy, the expensive, headline-grabbing weight loss med.

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Woman Sues to Get Wegovy Covered by Her Health Insurance

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists Intrigued by Bacteria That Devour Waste Plastic

Scientists Intrigued by Bacteria That Devour Waste Plastic

By Victor Tangermann

Ozempic, the uber-popular injectable diabetes drug, has had to update its potential side effect warnings to include intestinal blockage.

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The FDA Says Ozempic Might Block Your Intestines

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists believe they have developed a drug that can trick the body into thinking it has exercised — but as always, there are caveats.

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Scientists Intrigued by Drug That Mimics the Effects of Exercise in Mice

By Noor Al-Sibai

Got a billion dollars burning a hole in your pocket? Consider: donating it to Harvard Medical School in exchange for naming rights.

Harvard Says That for $1 Billion, You Can Rename Its Medical School

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists calculated that almost one out of three men on Earth carries at least one variation of the human papillomavirus (HPV).

One in Three Dudes Has an STI, Scientists Find

By Sharon Adarlo

50 percent of cardiac patients have a physical symptom a day before a heart attack, with men and women experiencing distinct warning signs.

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Scientists Find There’s Usually a Telltale Sign the Day Before a Cardiac Arrest

By Sharon Adarlo

A recent study showed that OpenAI's ChatGPT was providing incorrect advice on cancer treatment, potentially causing harm to patients.

ChatGPT Caught Giving Horrible Advice to Cancer Patients

By Sharon Adarlo

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Shocker: Pharma Companies Are Behind the Adderall Shortage, Feds Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

A drug trial has found that Wegovy provides substantial heart health benefits, which could finally convince insurers to begin covering it.

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Wegovy Trial Shows Incredible Results for Heart Health

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers discovered a new mechanism that could force cancer cells to self-destruct, hijacking their ability to replicate uncontrollably.

Scientists Intrigued by Clever Trick That Makes Cancer Cells Self-Destruct

By Victor Tangermann

Four patients infected with anthrax after eating horse meat escape a Siberian hospital, panicking local officials who send out an alert.

Russia Says Patients Infected With Deadly Bacteria Have Escaped

By Sharon Adarlo

Researchers pinpointed six chemical cocktails that can reverse aging in cells and turn them into a more "youthful state."

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Harvard/MIT Scientists Claim New “Chemical Cocktails” Can Reverse Aging

By Sharon Adarlo

Google has been quietly testing a medical AI chatbot in Mayo Clinic and other hospitals for months, according to a report.

Google Is Already Testing a Medical AI Chatbot in Hospitals

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The International Agency on Cancer Research will list aspartame as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" next month, according to a report.

The WHO Is About to Declare Aspartame a Possible Carcinogen

By Frank Landymore

A team of German scientists has discovered a parasitic tapeworm that can allow a certain species of ants to live way longer when infected.

Terrifying Parasite Can Actually Triple an Ant’s Lifespan

By Sharon Adarlo

The Food and Drug Administration just approved the first topical erectile dysfunction drug in the US that works within just ten minutes.

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FDA Approves First Erectile Dysfunction Gel That Doesn’t Require a Prescription

By Frank Landymore

One of the scientists who invented the underlying mechanism of Ozempic has a pretty severe warning for those interested in taking it.

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Scientist Behind Ozempic Warns That There’s a “Price”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Before her tragic death, iconic singer Tina Turner shared a health warning that may inspire others to avoid some of the issues she faced.

Before She Passed Away, Tina Turner Said Something Heartbreaking About Her Health

By Noor Al-Sibai

A decade-long global study has shown that a once-daily pill reduces the risk of dying from lung cancer by over half.

Scientists Intrigued by Pill That Cuts Lung Cancer Deaths in Half

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Startup Accidentally Tells Over 400 Patients They Might Have Cancer

Startup Accidentally Tells Over 400 Patients They Might Have Cancer

By Noor Al-Sibai

Doctors are warning about oral sex leading to an "epidemic" in throat cancer — but headlines fail to mention a vaccine that can help.

Worried About Getting Throat Cancer From Oral Sex? We Have Very Good News

By Noor Al-Sibai

One of the world's foremost psychedelics researchers is taking a curious approach to the knowledge of his own death — by treating it as a beautiful mystery.

Pioneering Psychedelics Researcher Gets Terminal Cancer, Is Totally Chill

By Noor Al-Sibai

When Stanford researchers compared ChatGPT's medical advice on real scenarios compared to what medical experts said, they discovered a notable discrepancy.

ChatGPT Can Pass Medical Tests, But Its Actual Medical Advice Is a Lot More Dubious

By Frank Landymore

Gwenyth Paltrow, reigning queen of oversharing, is back to let us all know that she has, in fact, used ozone therapy rectally. You know, as one does.

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Gwyneth Paltrow Is Literally Shooting Ozone Up Her Butt for the Sake of “Wellness”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The FBI is alleging that Perryman knowingly created and sold "dummy," plastic medical implants to medical systems and chronic pain patients for $16k each.

Former Biotech CEO Arrested for Implanting Phony Medical Devices in Patients

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists have decided to resurrect ancient "zombie" viruses found in permafrost in an effort to head off one of climate change's freakiest eventualities.

We’re Totally OK With This 48,500 Year Old “Zombie” Virus Being Resurrected

By Noor Al-Sibai

Microsoft's BioGPT AI, designed to answer questions about medicine and biology, claims ghosts are real and vaccines cause autism.

Microsoft Released an AI That Answers Medical Questions, But It’s Wildly Inaccurate

By Simon Spichak

There's nothing like ocean spray gently caressing your face as you take a beachside stroll — quite literally, because it's actually full of bacteria.

The Refreshing Spray of the Ocean Is Loaded With Sewage Bacteria, Scientists Find

By Noor Al-Sibai

The process to create Chevron's "biofuels" from plastic waste would be so toxic, it could quite literally cause cancer — and the EPA approved it knowingly.

Chevron’s Jet Fuel Made From Plastic Very Likely to Cause Cancer, EPA Documents Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

Sam Altman, ever full of bright ideas, thinks that AI will be a force for good that will help poor people without healthcare become "healthier."

OpenAI CEO Says AI Will Give Medical Advice to People Too Poor to Afford Doctors

By Frank Landymore

Bloomberg has decided to chastise the lab-grown meat industry's failure to address cancer concerns — because of the fact that there... aren't... any.

Bloomberg Shredded for Amazingly Stupid Article About Fake Meat and Cancer

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In a truly bizarre case, doctors have documented for the first time ever a man developing a random Irish accent after getting prostate cancer.

Man’s Cancer Caused “Uncontrollable” Irish Accent, Doctors Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

Deaths caused by fungal infections have been on the rise since the 1970s, and fungi once limited to regions of the US are now spreading to most states.

Global Warming Is Priming Deadly Fungi to Invade Our Warm Bodies

By Frank Landymore

Which is worse: crapping yourself in a sensory deprivation tank, or being fined multiple thousands of dollars for doing so?

Unfortunate Redditor Says They Had Diarrhea in a Sensory Deprivation Tank

By Noor Al-Sibai

Patients had their holiday spirits quashed and were unfairly distressed by the accidental mass text sent just two days before Christmas.

Doctor Accidentally Messages Patients to Say They Have Aggressive Cancer

By Frank Landymore

The FDA has changed its rules to make it easier for patients to access abortion pills, which until now were difficult to get.

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The FDA Will Now Allow You To Buy Abortion Pills At Normal Pharmacies

By Noor Al-Sibai

Harm reduction works, as evidenced by a new study in Ohio that found easy access to narcan to prevent nearly 1,000 overdoses in less than two years.

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A Naloxone Vending Machine Has Reversed Nearly 1,000 Overdoses, Researcher Says

By Noor Al-Sibai

It seems that grey wolves are the latest victims of toxoplasmosis — but in their case, the effects of the brain worm are kind of, well, based.

A Brain Parasite Is Making Wolves Into Pack Leaders, Scientists Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new, large study out of Oxford found that just a single synthetic mushroom "trip" can help ease depression symptoms for multiple months.

Taking Psilocybin Just Once Eases Treatment-Resistant Depression in Study

By Noor Al-Sibai

E-cigarette vapor caused lung cancer and possibly even bladder cancer in mice, found a new study from New York University.

Bad News: Vaping Nicotine Linked to Lung Cancer in Mice

By Victor Tangermann

In what could be a groundbreaking treatment for hair loss, Japanese scientists have, for the first time ever, grown hair follicles in a lab.

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Scientists Grow Hair Follicles in Laboratory for the First Time

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers at Boston University have staunchly denied that they developed a hyper-deadly COVID-19 strain in their labs using gain of function research.

Scientists Deny Making Deadly Horror COVID in a Lab

By Noor Al-Sibai

The married couple who helped create Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine predict that the new vaccine they're developing will cure cancer within the decade.

Vaccine Makers Predict We Will Have Cancer Cure “Before 2030”

By Noor Al-Sibai

The "Ice Bucket Challenge" to fund ALS research was so effective, it resulted in the development of a new drug that was just approved by the FDA.

Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge? It Ended Up Funding a New ALS Drug

By Noor Al-Sibai

A federal court has revived a lawsuit against Walmart and CVS for allegedly passing off long-discredited homeopathic treatments as actual, proven medicine.

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Lawsuit Accuses Walmart and CVS of Equating Homeopathic Treatments With Real Medicine

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists in the UK conducted a trial of an experimental cancer therapy that uses the cold sore virus to make cancer cells explode.

Virus Modified to Kill Cancer Cells Appears to Have Saved a Patient’s Life

By Frank Landymore

Scientists are using genetically modified parasites inside mosquitoes to deliver life-saving malaria vaccines in a new clinical study.

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Scientists Trick Mosquitoes Into Vaccinating Against Malaria by Biting

By Lonnie Lee Hood