The Hidden Costs of Men’s Social Isolation
When men suffer social isolation, women may pay the price, too "Men are struggling—at least, that’s what many headlines suggest. Compared with women, they report having fewer and less supportive friendships. Men lag behind dramatically in achievements such as higher education attainment. Suicide rates, too, reveal a grim gender disparity: women attempt suicide more often, but men are far more likely to die by it."
Worst avian flu crisis ever recorded spreads across Antarctica A Spanish expedition finds the potentially lethal virus ‘in all animal species detected at each site’ "The team has already detected the virus in 28 carcasses of half a dozen different species: Antarctic pigeons, kelp gulls, crabeater seals, gentoo penguins, Adélie penguins and skuas, a migratory seabird. Alcamí‘s report, to which EL PAÍS has had access, warns that “the viral load in the dead animals is very high, which indicates a risk of exposure to the virus in the vicinity of the carcasses.”
US-funded ‘social network’ attacking pesticide critics shuts down after Guardian investigation v-Fluence halts operations after widespread backlash over private portal profiling environmental health advocates
I Left Florida To Try Lab-Grown Meat When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis banned cultivated meat, Reason's Zach Weissmueller visited California labs to try cultivated chicken and salmon and explore the future of this industry.
CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health EIS officers investigate disease outbreaks and health threats in the U.S. and abroad
Cancer-fighting compound shows immense potential to eradicate HIV EBC-46 could potentially result in the permanent elimination of HIV in patients – in other words, a cure.
Big Tech data center buildouts have led to $5.4 billion in public health costs Cancers and asthma among illnesses linked to air pollution from powering data centers.
Migraine is more than a headache — a radical rethink offers hope to one billion people Drugs that can prevent or relieve migraine attacks are only effective for some people. Research is starting to untangle the reasons why.
In a new study, Northwestern University researchers demonstrated that brewing tea naturally adsorbs heavy metals like lead and cadmium, effectively filtering dangerous contaminants out of drinks. Heavy metal ions stick to, or adsorb to, the surface of the tea leaves, where they stay trapped.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
F. prausnitzii potentially modulates the association between citrus intake and depression Eating an orange a day may lower a person's depression risk by 20%
I got my mouth on Silicon Valley’s favorite new $250 toothpaste Is this what the end of cavities tastes like? A new probiotic product tries to transform the microbiome in your mouth. "The theory behind Lumina is that certain harmful bacteria in the mouth contribute to cavities, and that by introducing a supercharged bacterial strain, you might be able to permanently transform the oral microbiome to stop cavities from forming."