• Body Fat Analysis, Waist Size Better Than BMI For Assessing Health

    A person’s body fat percentage provides a better estimate of their risk for early death than their body mass index (BMI), a new study says. People with a high body-fat percentage were 78% more likely to die...

    • Posted June 27, 2025
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  • Ex-Vaccine Panelist Speaks Out on Firing, New Committee

    Thursday, June 26, 2025The federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has been soberly and deliberately helping set U.S. vaccination policy for more than 60 years. During that time, its members have been thoroughly vetted through a...

    • Posted June 26, 2025
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  • Senate Grills CDC Nominee Susan Monarez on Agency Cuts

      The woman tapped to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says she supports science, vaccines and public health programs — but she dodged key questions about recent cuts to the agency during...

    • Posted June 26, 2025
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  • CDC Pulls Vaccine Slide After Expert Cites Study Doesn’t Exist

    A presentation scheduled for a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine meeting today claimed that a vaccine preservative could cause long-term brain effects — but the study it cited doesn’t appear to exist. The...

    • Posted June 26, 2025
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  • Illinois Reports First West Nile Virus Case of 2025

    Illinois has confirmed its first human case of West Nile virus this year, health officials say. The person, who lives in southern Illinois, was hospitalized with complications from the mosquito-borne virus, according to the U.S. Centers for...

    • Posted June 26, 2025
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  • NIH Stops Canceling Research Grants Following Court Ruling

    The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has stopped canceling biomedical research grants after a federal judge said hundreds of those cuts were illegal. This decision comes just days after U.S. District Judge William Young ordered the NIH...

    • Posted June 26, 2025
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  • Online Videos For Kids Rife With Junk Food Messaging

    Kids watching YouTube videos are being hammered with messages promoting junk food like candy, sugary drinks, fast food and sweet or salty snacks, a new study says. About 75% of 6- to 8-year-olds and 36% of 3-...

    • Posted June 26, 2025
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  • Typos, Slang Trip Up AI Medical Assessments

    Common human typing errors can trip up artificial intelligence (AI) programs designed to aid health care workers by reviewing health records, a new MIT study says. Typos and extra white spaces can interfere with AI’s ability to...

    • Posted June 26, 2025
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  • Wastewater Can Accurately Predict COVID-19 Surges

    Keeping tabs on COVID-19 outbreaks is as easy as tracking a city’s wastewater, a new study says. Levels of the COVID virus, SARS-CoV-2, found in wastewater samples accurately predicted by a week the rise and fall of...

    • Posted June 26, 2025
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  • Updated COVID Vaccines Effective Against New Strains

    Updated COVID-19 vaccines are keeping up with new coronavirus strains and remain effective for keeping people out of the hospital, a new study says. The study, which examined the effectiveness of the 2023-2024 COVID vaccines against the...

    • Posted June 26, 2025
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