We have tools to solve the opioid crisis – so why aren’t they used?
15 August 2024
A large majority of people with an opioid use disorder in the US aren’t receiving life-saving medications that treat opioid addiction
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MDMA therapies hit a roadblock – what's next?
13 August 2024
The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected the psychedelic drug MDMA as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, leading many to wonder whether psychedelic therapies have a future in medicine
Bird flu cases may be going undetected in US dairy workers
15 July 2024
Ten people in the US have been infected with a strain of bird flu called H5N1, but patchy surveillance means that some cases may be slipping through the cracks
Periods are starting younger and we're struggling to pin down why
3 June 2024
Menstruation is occurring earlier and earlier in life for younger generations in the Western world, but researchers are puzzled as to why
About 1 in 9 children in the US have been diagnosed with ADHD
23 May 2024
New survey data estimates that 7.1 million children in the US have been diagnosed with ADHD at some point, about 1 million more kids than had been diagnosed as of 2016
Why we still don't know exactly how bird flu is spreading between cows
21 May 2024
Early evidence suggests that a bird flu virus called H5N1 may be infecting dairy cows through contaminated milking equipment – but poor surveillance has made it nearly impossible to rule out other possibilities
Lack of US bird flu tracking in cows may raise risk of human infection
7 May 2024
The strategy for tracking bird flu in US dairy cattle falls worryingly short of what is needed to prevent the outbreak from widening and potentially spreading to humans
How the US is preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic
26 April 2024
As the US grapples with an ongoing bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle, the country’s health agencies are ramping up surveillance efforts and working to develop a vaccine if needed
A cicada double brood is coming – it's less rare than you think
17 April 2024
Up to 17 US states could be peppered with more than a trillion cicadas this spring, and though it has been a while since these two specific broods emerged at once, double broods are not that rare
Should we be worried about a bird flu pandemic in the US?
4 April 2024
One person in the US has contracted bird flu after being exposed to dairy cows that have the virus, but experts say there is no immediate threat of a wider outbreak in people