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Cannabis extracts may reduce the risk of dying from Covid-19 by stopping the immune system attacking itself
Daily Mail - Mon Jan 18, 2021
Some cannabis extracts may lower the risk of dying from Covid-19 by preventing a patient's malfunctioning immune system from attacking itself, research suggests. More»

Florida data scientist Whistleblower Rebekah Jones 'turning herself in' to face new charge
Yahoo News - Sun Jan 17, 2021
Rebekah Jones, the fired Florida Department of Health data scientist-turned-whistleblower, said Saturday she will be "turning herself in" to Florida police on Sunday after a warrant was issued for her arrest. More»

COVID-19 Pandemic Has Claimed Far More Lives Than Reported
NBC New York - Mon Oct 12, 2020
Far more Americans have died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic than have been counted and reported, according to new research published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. More»

Post-COVID Heart Damage Alarms Researchers
Yahoo News - Fri Sep 11, 2020
Shelby Hedgecock contracted the coronavirus in April and thought she had fought through the worst of it - the intense headaches, severe gastrointestinal distress and debilitating fatigue - but early last month she started experiencing chest pain and a pounding heartbeat. More»

Three-Quarters of Adults With COVID-19 Have Heart Damage
UPI - Thu Aug 6, 2020
Seventy-eight percent of people diagnosed with COVID-19 showed evidence of heart damage caused by the disease weeks after they have recovered, according to a study published Monday by JAMA Cardiology. More»

Trump announces US to sever all ties with World Health Organization
The Guardian - Fri May 29, 2020
Donald Trump has announced the severance of all US ties with the World Health Organisation, three weeks ahead of a deadline he laid down earlier this month. More»

2019 Seattle radiation leak a 'near miss' to disaster
KING-TV - Thu May 21, 2020
SEATTLE, Washington - A March report from the US Department of Energy (DOE) says a radiation leak at the Harborview Research and Training Building one year ago was “preventable” and “a near miss to a significant event” that could have devastated the Seattle area. More»

Fauci: no evidence anti-malaria drug pushed by Trump works against virus
The Guardian - Mon Apr 6, 2020
Donald Trump's top coronavirus adviser has warned again that there is no scientific evidence to support the use of an unproven anti-malaria drug the president has been pushing as a possible remedy for Covid-19. More»

Why is the flu killing so many American children?
The Independent - Mon Feb 10, 2020
Kaylee Roberts had just earned her learner's permit - she was 16 years old and excited about getting behind the wheel. More»

FDA Calls Psychedelic Psilocybin a 'Breakthrough Therapy' for Severe Depression
Live Science - Fri Nov 29, 2019
The FDA is helping to speed up the process of researching and approving psilocybin, a hallucinogenic substance in magic mushrooms, to treat major depressive disorder. More»

Microplastics in drinking water 'don't appear to pose health risk,' WHO says
CNN - Thu Aug 22, 2019
They may be in our oceans, rivers and ice but there's little evidence to suggest that microplastics in the water we drink pose a risk to our health. More»

Pancreatic Cancer Disappeared in 70% of Mice Treated with Cannabis
Daily Mail - Thu Aug 22, 2019
Cannabis could hold a key to fighting pancreatic cancer - one of the deadliest forms - suggests recent Harvard University research. More»

"Like Frankenstein": Woman's Head Attached To Man's Body Found Lying Next To Bucket Of Human Parts In Lab
The Guardian - Fri Jul 26, 2019
FBI agents have reportedly found buckets full of heads, arms and legs, as well as refrigerated heaps of male genitalia and different people's body parts sewn together while working on a case concerning illegally trafficked body parts. More»

Firefighters Battle Occupational Cancer
CBS News - Mon Jun 17, 2019
It's one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. More»

Seattle: 13 exposed to radiation at hazmat incident
KOMO-TV - Fri May 3, 2019
SEATTLE, Washington - Thirteen people had to be decontaminated for radiation exposure - and eight of them hospitalized - after a breach of a radioactive substance at the Harborview Medical Center Research and Training Building Thursday night in Seattle's First Hill neighborhood. More»

Why are so many people getting rare cancers in this small Georgia town?
Atlanta Magazine - Fri Apr 26, 2019
In Waycross, there's a tale about a boy who got a surprise while playing outside one day. More»

Georgia leads country in deaths from pregnancy-related issues
WSB-TV - Thu Dec 27, 2018
Georgia leads the country in a pretty sobering statistic: More women die here as a result of pregnancy-related issues than in any other state. More»

Chronic pain drives millions of Americans to suicide
Daily Mail - Mon Sep 10, 2018
Chronic pain from cancer, arthritis, and other conditions drives millions of people to suicide every year, a new report warns. More»

How LSD Makes Music Profoundly Awesome
AlterNet - Fri Mar 9, 2018
Listening to Jimi Hendrix on acid back in the day was absolutely mind-melting. More»

Groundbreaking medical marijuana case lets little girl go back to school
KFOR-TV - Mon Jan 22, 2018
A little girl was back in a school she loves in Schaumburg, Illinois last week - but only after a federal judge said it was okay for her to bring her prescription medication with her. More»

California Warns About Cell Phone Exposure And Health Risks
Forbes - Sat Dec 16, 2017
The connection between cell phone radiation and health risks is far from settled, but it's strong enough that the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued guidelines on how to minimize one's exposure. More»

Words banned at CDC were also banned at other HHS agencies
The Hill - Sat Dec 16, 2017
Multiple agencies in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have reportedly been told by the Trump administration that they cannot use certain phrases in official documents. More»

CDC Gets List Of Forbidden Words
Washington Post - Fri Dec 15, 2017
ATLANTA, Georgia - The Trump administration is prohibiting officials at the nation's top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases - including "fetus" and "transgender" - in any official documents being prepared for next year's budget. More»

Scientists Have Used CRISPR to Slow The Spread of Cancer Cells
Science Alert - Wed May 31, 2017
CRISPR-Cas9 is the gene editing tool that promised to change the world. More»

LSD could help treat depression and anxiety, researchers hope
Raw Story/Medical Daily - Wed Apr 5, 2017
Scientists are looking to use LSD to help patients cope during stressful times. More»

CDC abruptly cancels long-planned conference on climate change and health
Chicago Tribune - Mon Jan 23, 2017
With little warning or explanation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently canceled a major climate change conference that had been scheduled for next month in Atlanta. More»

10 Scientific Studies From 2016 Showing Marijuana Is Safe and Effective
AlterNet - Sat Dec 31, 2016
While no psychoactive substance is completely harmless, modern science continues to prove that cannabis is one of the safer and more effective therapeutic agents available. More»

New Test Could Improve Diagnosis of Rare, Fatal Brain Disorder
Live Science - Fri Dec 16, 2016
A rare and fatal brain disorder called sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease can be challenging to identify, with patients needing to undergo a number of tests before a diagnosis can be made. More»

Three states OK recreational marijuana
Chicago Tribune - Tue Nov 8, 2016
California, Massachusetts and Nevada voted to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, giving a huge boost to the campaign to allow pot nationwide. More»

5 Major Developments That Change How We Should Think About Marijuana
AlterNet - Fri Jan 22, 2016
Scientific discoveries are published almost daily rebuking the federal government's contention that cannabis is a highly dangerous substance lacking therapeutic efficacy. More»

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