As the coronavirus surged across the Sunbelt, President Trump told a crowd gathered at the White House on July 4 that 99 percent of virus cases are “totally harmless.” The next morning on CNN, the host Dana Bash asked Dr. Stephen Hahn, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and one of the nation’s… Read More: Stephen Hahn, F.D.A. Chief, Is Caught Between Scientists and the… »
For communities with a low rate of depression and suicide, there may be something in the water, according to a new study. A comprehensive analysis of findings from previous studies has revealed that regions where the public drinking water contains a high level of naturally occurring lithium — a mineral used most often for the… Read More: Lithium-laced drinking water could curb suicide rates, scientists say »
Pigs in their pen at a farm on the outskirts of Chengdu in China’s south west Sichuan province, on August 2, 2005. Peter Parks | AFP | Getty Images Scientists have identified a new strain of flu carried by pigs in China that they say has the potential to become a pandemic. The new strain… Read More: New strain of flu found in China has potential to… »