Medical Archives

Lloyd Austin Wears Face Shield in Philippines, Angering Uninformed Critics

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio's sarcastic remarks about Austin's "COVID theatre" lit up the internet.

New COVID-19 Vaccine Warnings Don’t Mean It’s Unsafe

Adverse event reports are a sign that the COVID-19 vaccine safety reporting system is working.

Is Use of Lye-Based Hair Relaxers Linked to a Higher Risk of Breast Cancer?

Frequent and long-term use of lye-based hair straightening products, or relaxers, may increase the risk...

‘A Superspreader Strain’: What To Know About COVID-19 Delta Variant

In the U.S., the coronavirus strain now accounts for about one in every five new...

How Virus Detectives Trace the Origins of an Outbreak

In order to predict and prevent future pandemics like COVID-19, researchers need to find the...

COVID-19: Why the Lab Leak Theory Should Be Formally Investigated

We don’t know how the virus arrived in Wuhan, how its sequence evolved to allow...

HIV/AIDS Vaccine: Why Don’t We Have One After 37 Years?

The biological properties that HIV has evolved make development of a successful vaccine very, very...

’18 Reasons I Won’t Be Getting a COVID Vaccine’ Post Filled With Reckless Falsehoods

A blog post riddled with misinformation is effectively a "Now That's What I Call Music"...

Did Racism Kill Jackie Robinson?

Research has shown that enduring structural and everyday racism can have serious negative consequences for...

How Lockdown Changed the Sex Lives of Young Adults

COVID restrictions disproportionately affected young adults, who are more likely than older adults to be...

Nofap: Can Giving Up Masturbation Really Boost Men’s Testosterone Levels?

Nofap is a growing online movement devoted to giving up masturbation and even sex for...

What Is ‘Excited Delirium’ and Why Is It Controversial?

The public most often sees the term invoked in news stories about cases involving deaths...