Public Health

Nicotine analogs allow e-cigarette makers to avoid traditional tobacco product regulations. But data on their safety in humans are lacking

By vastly understating the number of heat-related deaths, medical officials make it harder to improve heat safety and save lives

Clean indoor air protects against diseases such as COVID and flu, but we’re not doing enough to ensure it

An expert explains the transmission and symptoms of eastern equine encephalitis, a rare mosquito-borne illness that has caused one death and two hospitalizations in northeastern states

“Prescribing” community resources and activities, like art classes and cycling groups, can improve our health and our health care

Most fatal drowning incidents in the U.S. involve adults, not children, and they often involve alcohol

An easy-to-access rapid test could lower barriers to detecting syphilis, which is surging nationwide

We cover Mars mission updates, a new brain implant that shows promise for Parkinson’s, the latest on the mpox outbreak, and more in this week’s new roundup.

Houston’s warm, wet spring, driven in part by climate change, was a boon for mosquitoes and West Nile virus

Air-conditioning is uncommon for incarcerated people, and the heat index inside many of Texas’s 100 prison buildings can exceed 110 degrees Fahrenheit

As bird flu spreads in cats, cows and other animals, it has more opportunity to adapt to easily infect humans

A new type of mpox has infected thousands in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other African countries, but vaccines and treatments are hard to come by