Public Health
How Stress Messes With Your Gut
Inflammatory bowel disease flare-ups can be traced to mental stress
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Pollution
How to Use the Air Quality Index
Wildfire smoke from Canada is causing poor air quality along the East Coast. Here’s what those air quality alerts mean
Climate Change
Phoenix Roasts in Record-Breaking 110-Plus-Degree Heat, with No End in Sight
The Phoenix area has withered for a month under triple-digit temperatures that experts say will become more common with climate change
Plants
Can Virtual Reality Mimic Nature’s Power to Make Us Healthier?
Just seeing nature in VR brings some health benefits—and helps scientists learn why we need the real thing
Climate Change
What’s Causing This Record-Breaking Heat?
Yet another heat dome will send temperatures skyrocketing across the U.S. Southwest just after the planet saw its hottest week on record
Climate Change
60,000 People Died from Blistering European Heat Waves, New Analysis Finds
Tens of thousands of people died during intense heat waves in Europe last summer, indicating that heat prevention plans aren’t protecting vulnerable populations
Pollution
How to Destroy ‘Forever Chemicals’
Health-damaging PFASs are nearly impossible to break down—but a new hot-water technique can destroy them
Public Health
Here’s How CDC Can Put the ‘Public’ Back in Public Health
The new leader of the CDC should prioritize the people it serves, people in the agency itself and people who exert power over public health
Climate Change
Why the Heat Dome Sizzling Texas Won’t Budge
A “heat dome” is parked over Texas and Mexico and is sending temperatures soaring to record—and potentially deadly—levels
Pollution
Gas Stoves Emit More of the Carcinogen Benzene Than Expected
Stanford University researchers found high levels of the carcinogen benzene in California and Colorado homes that used gas stoves
Medicine
A Common Diabetes Drug May Prevent Long COVID in Some People
The drug metformin cut long COVID risk by 41 percent in both people who were overweight and those with obesity. But treatments remain elusive
Public Health
How to Cool Down Fast in Summer Heat
Your body has a secret cooling method, and scientists explain how to use it.
Public Health
These Graphics Show Why Smoking Is an Avoidable Health Disaster
Tobacco smoking continues to place an extraordinarily heavy burden on global health
Public Health
More Work Is Needed to End Tobacco Smoking
Smoking kills. And although smoking rates are down in many places, it’s going to take more to win the battle against tobacco
Pollution
Switching to Electric Cars Could Prevent 89,000 Deaths in the U.S.
The American Lung Association says a proposed EPA rule to curtail tailpipe pollution, which would bolster electric car adoption, could help the country avoid premature deaths and millions of asthma attacks...
Public Health
Nature Outlook: Smoking
Tobacco smoking places an enormous burden on global health — around 14% of all deaths in 2019 were attributed to this habit. New quitting tools and effective policies to discourage smoking might be turning the tide against tobacco, but addictions of this nature are not easily overcome...
Public Health
Breaking Nicotine’s Choke Hold
Established nicotine replacement therapies combined with behavioral counseling could offer the best chance of BEATING NICOTINE ADDICTION
Public Health
Is the Nicotine in E-Cigarettes Harmful for Your Health?
Scientists aren’t sure whether nicotine, a main ingredient in many e-cigarettes, damages a person’s long-term health
Public Health
How Fungal Meningitis Outbreaks Can Happen after Cosmetic Procedures and Other Surgeries
A cluster of U.S. residents who traveled for surgery have developed severe fungal infections in the spine and brain. Here’s what you need to know about the disease
Inequality
Death Rates among Black People in the U.S. Are Rising after Falling
Researchers hope their work on racial health disparities will be a “call to action”
