Measles and Misinformation- Dual Health Threats
Measles would be gone if we wanted it to be. We’ve had a highly effective, safe vaccine for it for 60 years. But because of rising anti-vaccine…
Read morePsilocybin Could be a Therapeutic Breakthrough For Addiction_1
To the uninitiated, psilocybin—the substance that gives ‘magic mushrooms’ their psychedelic qualities—could be dismissed as a recreational drug. Like many other psychedelics, it is banned by the…
Read moreClimate Change Linked To July Heat Waves Around the World_1
The fingerprints of climate change are all over the intense heat waves gripping the globe this month, a new study finds. Researchers say the deadly hot spells…
Read moreThe EPA’s Website After a Year of Climate Change Censorship
Throughout the Trump administration’s first year in office, the Environmental Protection Agency has been quietly scrubbing mentions of climate change and tweaking related language on its website…
Read moreMRNA’s Next Chapter Has Nothing to Do With COVID Vaccines
It’s safe to say that before the development of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, most people hadn’t thought about messenger RNA, or mRNA, since high school…
Read moreRite Aid Files For Bankruptcy Amid Opioid-Related Lawsuits
Rite Aid has filed for bankruptcy protection and plans to sell part of its business as it attempts to restructure while dealing with losses and opioid-related lawsuits….
Read moreAfter poncho mockery, world leaders tone it down in Peru with shawls
And Peru was not going to disappoint as heads of APEC nations gathered in the capital Lima, with leaders appearing for the traditional “family photo” with long,…
Read moreAdidas loses New York trial against Thom Browne over three-stripe design
The jury found the fashion house’s parallel stripe designs were not likely to cause consumer confusion with Adidas’ products, ending a trial that began Jan. 3. Thom…
Read moreBestseller links with Spinnova on sustainable textiles
Being one of the early adopters of the novel fibre material is part of Bestseller’s “ambitious sustainability strategy Fashion FWD”, it said as it also announced a…
Read moreCotton consumption to reach all-time high in 2018-19
Stocks in China are projected to decrease for the fifth consecutive year to 7.5 million tonnes, while stocks outside are expected to remain stable at 10.1 million…
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