Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) – President Donald J. Trump’s administration this week abruptly terminated funding for a slew of studies designed to learn how to better treat the viral condition long COVID.
They include studies funded through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiative called Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery, or RECOVER, a $1.7 billion program that serves as the single largest federal funding mechanism for long COVID research.
According to Megan Fitzgerald, a researcher...
"Stunned that he owed more than $7,000 for his colonoscopy, Winard contacted his insurance company, Companion Life Insurance of Columbia, South Carolina."
BOREDPANDA.COM – Have you ever tasted something particularly unusual and strange?
Or is it one of the items on your bucket list that you want to fulfill in your life?
Either way, it is not a difficult task to achieve because the world is full of extremely strange and bizarre foods.
Every country, nation, and even family has something that is delicious to them but very strange to others.
Some cannot even handle tea with milk, let alone...
Hydrogen Peroxide
It’s a popular zit fighter because it kills bacteria living on your face. But hydrogen peroxide can damage your own skin cells, including fibroblasts that help make new tissue and heal wounds. Also avoid it for cleaning cuts and scrapes.
Use soap and water instead. Hydrogen peroxide might irritate your already fragile skin.
Breast Milk
This liquid gold has long been known for its bevy of health benefits for babies. Now some spas are offering breast...
FOOD SAFETY NEWS – Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling, LLC, based in Milwaukee, WI, is recalling 864 12-count packs of Coca-Cola Original Taste because of potential contamination with foreign material, specifically plastic.
The recall was initiated on March 6, 2025, and remains ongoing, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The recall is classified as a Class II event, meaning the risk of serious health consequences is low, but temporary or reversible effects are possible.
The recalled...
CBS Boston – A man from Lincoln, Rhode Island says eating at Chick-fil-A every day helped him lose 132 pounds after a series of health scares left him searching for new ways to lose weight.
Pizza and beer took a toll
Tom Carroll says he was always a bigger guy.
"When I stepped on the scale, it said 346 pounds," he said. "I liked being the big guy that had a good time, that could go out...
Recent research suggests that three in 10 cannabis users will develop cannabis use disorder, defined as being unable to stop using cannabis even though it’s causing serious health and social problems.
Reuters – Britain’s Prince Harry said he was “in shock” after quitting as a patron of Sentebale, a British charity he set up to help young people with HIV and AIDS in Lesotho and Botswana, following a row between trustees and the chair of the board.
Harry, the younger son of King Charles, co-founded Sentebale in 2006 in honor of his mother, Princess Diana, nine years after she was killed in a Paris car crash....