Data streams are being used to train artificial intelligence systems: predictive models for cardiovascular risk, early indicators of metabolic disease, population-level epidemiological tools, mental health…
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Kennedy Starts a Push to Help Americans Quit Antidepressants
The health secretary has long complained that Americans overuse psychiatric medications. New policies he is introducing aim to change that.Read More
View More Kennedy Starts a Push to Help Americans Quit AntidepressantsSupreme Court Temporarily Restores Access to Abortion Pill by Mail
A lower-court ruling had reinstated a Food and Drug Administration requirement that patients visit a health care provider in person to obtain mifepristone.Read More
View More Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Access to Abortion Pill by MailA Medical Examiner Chases Down an Elusive Killer
Unusual opioids are infiltrating street drugs. Knoxville’s top forensic doctor is on the front lines, pressing to quickly identify the most lethal.Read More
View More A Medical Examiner Chases Down an Elusive KillerWhat to Know About Orphines, a New Class of Deadly Opioids
The drugs are 10 times more dangerous than fentanyl. They are showing up in street drugs in the South and the Midwest, and will most…
View More What to Know About Orphines, a New Class of Deadly OpioidsHow Bad Is It To Walk Around Barefoot At Home? Doctors’ Answers May Surprise You.
If you’re worried about the health of your feet, this may make you feel differently about how you move around your house.Read More
View More How Bad Is It To Walk Around Barefoot At Home? Doctors’ Answers May Surprise You.What Is Hantavirus, Which Is Linked to the Deaths of 3 People Aboard a Cruise Ship?
Three people aboard a cruise ship sailing the Atlantic Ocean have died from what health officials suspect were hantavirus infections.Read More
View More What Is Hantavirus, Which Is Linked to the Deaths of 3 People Aboard a Cruise Ship?3 Dead in Hantavirus Outbreak Aboard Cruise Ship, W.H.O. Says
One case of the infection has been confirmed in a laboratory, and there are five additional suspected cases, the organization said on Sunday.Read More
View More 3 Dead in Hantavirus Outbreak Aboard Cruise Ship, W.H.O. SaysA Long, Strange Trip: How the G.O.P. Came to Embrace Psychedelic Drugs
For decades, conservatives were adamantly opposed to the use of drugs like psilocybin and LSD. Now, the Trump administration has made a sharp pivot.Read More
View More A Long, Strange Trip: How the G.O.P. Came to Embrace Psychedelic DrugsFederal Appeals Court Temporarily Halts Abortion Pill Access by Mail
The court order, in a lawsuit by the state of Louisiana, pauses a Food and Drug Administration regulation that greatly expanded access to the abortion…
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