Health

Scientists and supporters rallied in cities across the U.S. and Europe to protest dramatic funding cuts and other attacks from the Trump administration

The “quarantine fatigue” of 2020 became an ongoing “pandemic fatigue,” a complex set of emotions that continues to affect the nation

The Trump administration’s sudden dismissals have stripped training programs across the nation that bolstered state and local public health departments

Outpatient flu visits and hospitalizations are higher than at any time in the past 15 years

The CDC has sequenced bird flu viruses from people in Nevada and Wyoming, and the Trump Administration has released a strategy for reducing egg prices

Public health experts discuss lessons learned from the U.S. response to the COVID pandemic, on topics ranging from school closures to trust in science

Many people are concerned about microplastics reaching our brain—but few realize how this connects with petroleum production and the climate crisis

Ozempic and similar GLP-1 weight-loss medications are designed to be a lifelong treatment. But a new study finds the majority of people who use these drugs quit after just two years

In this news roundup, we cover outbreak updates, microbes in space and a brain turned to glass.

Even modest amounts of air pollution may affect athletic performance, a new study finds

Opting against vaccines may uphold ideas of personal freedom, but it has doomed the county at the center of the Texas measles outbreak

A Chinese medical textbook published in 1511 led to a novel about an all-but-forgotten female doctor who practiced during the Ming Dynasty