Americans are told to STOP using controversial rapid Covid test that Britain has spent £2.8BILLION on because it doesn’t work as well as manufacturer claims Food and Drug Administration tells public to ‘destroy’ or return the tests The medical device regulator has ‘significant concerns’ about their accuracy The 30-minute tests have previously come under fire… Read More »
Schools throughout America serve more nutrient-rich foods than restaurants, according to researchers at Tufts University. A new study conducted by the university’s Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy published findings that analyzed the diets of 40,000 adults and 21,000 children between 2003 and 2018. In the final year of the study, more than half of meals that were served… Read More »
“Those who are vaccine hesitant have had their hesitancy enhanced by a variety of things that are happening right now, particularly the unfortunate mix of science and politics,” Collins said at an event hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. A recent poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that more than… Read More »
If it seems like more and more people are on diets these days, you might not be imagining it. A higher percentage of Americans said they’re on a special diet to lose weight or for other health reasons compared with a decade ago, according to a report Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control… Read More »
Moncef Slaoui, co-leader of the U.S. government’s Operation Warp Speed effort, is so confident that Moderna’s and Pfizer’s mRNA vaccines to prevent COVID-19 will succeed in phase 3 trials that he thinks every American could be immunized by June. But there’s one caveat weighing down that prediction: politics. Slaoui is growing increasingly frustrated with the… Read More »
Who knew a slice of pie could be so dangerous? The number of hospitalizations in the United States involving pizza rocketed by more than 50% in 2018, compared to the previous year. Whether it was caused by falling upstairs while carrying a delivery or someone slashing a finger with a pizza cutter, there were no… Read More »