Dozens of medical groups launch effort to battle health misinformation

Alarmed by the increasing spread of medical misinformation, 50 U.S. medical and science organizations have announced the formation of a new group that aims to debunk fake health news. Called the Coalition for Trust in Health & Science, the group brings together reputable associations representing American academics, researchers, scientists, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, drug and insurance […]

App helps promote better dietary habits and less screen time in young children

With the help of a multi-language smartphone app, parents in Sweden were able to give their young children better dietary habits and less screen time, a study by researchers from Karolinska Institutet published in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity reports. Overweight and obesity in children is a growing problem in the […]

Naked mRNA delivered using needle-free PYRO injection presents a safe and effective potential vaccination method

*Important notice: bioRxiv publishes preliminary scientific reports that are not peer-reviewed and, therefore, should not be regarded as conclusive, guide clinical practice/health-related behavior, or treated as established information. In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers examined the vaccination effects and local antigen expression efficiency of a needle-free vaccination technique involving pyro-drive […]

'Pipsqueak Matt Hancock couldn't stop me'

‘Pipsqueak Matt Hancock couldn’t stop me’: Nigel Farage taunts ex-Health Secretary and admits he broke lockdown rules after leaked texts reveal officials wanted to ‘lock up’ ex-UKIP leader Nigel Farage today boasted of flagrantly breaking lockdown rules during Covid The ex-UKIP leader joked that the former Health Secretary ‘couldn’t stop me’ Nigel Farage today boasted […]

Variant-specific vaccines offer better protection against COVID, shows study

Newer variant-specific bivalent vaccines offer on average 1.6 times better immunity against COVID-19 than the original, single-strain “ancestral” vaccines, new research by UNSW’s Kirby institute published today in Nature Medicine shows. “We’re in an incredible position now where we have high availability of a number of different COVID-19 vaccines. But with this comes questions around […]

Vagina Museum's woke gender-neutral 'crash course' on ovarian cancer

Vagina Museum sparks outrage with woke gender-neutral ‘crash course’ on ovarian cancer – which states ‘most people’ who get disease are women Social media users accused the Vagina Museum of ‘belittling’ women Only biological women can get disease because men are not born with ovaries Britain’s Vagina Museum has sparked outrage by posting a woke, […]

"Breast cancer made me choose between swimming and life – but I will swim again"

When writer Laura Price’s cancer came back, she was left with a torturous decision: choose life, or avoid surgery in order to carry on swimming… As the surgeon explained the procedure to remove my cancerous sternum, it sounded like a no-brainer. He would remove my entire breast bone and replace it with surgical cement, minimising […]