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The High-Stakes Quest to Make Snakebites Survivable Took Leaps Forward This Year, With Promising New Avenues to Safer Antivenoms

A wave of fresh science is challenging a century-old treatment and offering hope to the people snakebites harm most—often far ...
Scientific American

RFK, Jr.–Backed Lyme Disease Conspiracy Theory May Be Probed under New Bill

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a defense bill this week that orders an investigation into whether the U.S.

Cats Are Contracting Avian Influenza and Why This Problem Isn’t Go Away

We used to assume bird flu was a risk solely for outdoor hunters, but new data suggests the virus is entering the home ...