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The FDA has now authorized several COVID-19 vaccines. Both of the first two authorized vaccines rely on an immunity-building strategy…

[Editor’s note January 2023: Evusheld is no longer authorized for COVID-19 prevention, since it does not appear to be effective…

For a relatively new treatment, testosterone therapy has already generated more than its share of controversy. While testosterone has been…

The big idea White children are especially likely to be overdiagnosed and overtreated for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder during elementary school. That…

A now world-wide outbreak of hepatitis ‘that began in fall 2021 among young children, sickening hundreds, continues nearly eight months…

As we slather on sunscreen to emerge for the summer, some dermatologists and sunscreen users of color are taking to…

As an independent health-driven nonprofit, MedShadow’s mission is to ensure that all people have information on the risks and benefits…

Most of us know that smoking—be it conventional cigarettes or electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes)–is likely to harm our health in some…

When the first COVID-19 vaccination was authorized back in December  2020, millions of eligible people lined up at vaccination sites,…

Diethylstilbestrol (DES), a drug given to pregnant women in hopes of preventing preterm births (it doesn’t work) was the first…