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Microplastics in Products Harm Human Health and the Environment

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The term “microplastics” is one that most people likely rarely heard 20 years ago. Now it’s one that is commonly seen in news headlines as researchers recognize the many ways these tiny plastics have infiltrated our ecosystem and our bloodstreams. Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic that are byproducts of synthetic polymers. The plastics have […]

CDC’s ACIP Vaccine Advisory Panel Lacks Leader and Voting Members

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Opinion | In making decisions about which vaccines should or should not be given to people and when developing childhood, adolescent and adult vaccination schedules, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) heavily relies on recommendations provided by an outside group of 15 medical and public health professionals, who make up a panel known […]

FDA Removes Informed Consent Protections from Some Human Clinical Trials

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that authorizes some experimental human clinical trials to operate without first obtaining informed consent from participants. The new rule, which took effect on Jan. 22, 2024, allows clinical investigations that pose no more than a “minimal risk” and have appropriate safeguards to protect […]

Dopamine Neurons May Be Damaged by SARS-CoV-2

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A new study provides evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can infect brain cells responsible for mood, movement and stress, causing a disruption in dopamine production and leading to symptoms such as feeling sad and brain fog. The study, which was conducted by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, Columbia University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, […]

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