Leprosy is caused by two different but similar bacteria – Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis – the latter having just been identified in 2008. Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is avoidable.

Every year,  on the second Sunday of March, the vast majority of Americans set their clocks forward by one hour for daylight saving time. While DST provides an extra hour of evening light and enjoys public support, new research suggests its negative health impacts outweigh the benefits.

Inhabitants of areas with higher use of atrazine, lindane, and simazine were 25 to 36 percent more likely to develop Parkinson’s, a new study shows

A high dose of vitamin D could improve the function of insulin-producing beta cells in children and young adults recently diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes

Evidence report and systematic review for the US preventive services task force

New research (Mitchell and Knapp, 2024) at a southeastern US study site indicates there has been no significant trend in either total precipitation or intense rainfall events (IRE) over the last 250 years

Former President Donald Trump confirmed Monday that he met with Elon Musk but said he’s not sure if the billionaire Tesla CEO will back his reelection bid

We all know the wheels are starting to fall off the electric battery car bandwagon. Lamestream media has long said we’re all going to make electric cars. Well, guess what? They are falling off the electric car bandwagon.

U.S. Federal agencies are cancelling research, differing significantly from Europe’s more precautionary approach to cellphones. Decades of animal research point to serious health risks from cellphone radiation exposure, but examining a possible link stops now.

If I were American I would be rather worried about my country’s military capabilities.

Recently, America decided that since the Israelis won’t allow enough food trucks into Gaza they would try to win a few brownie points by parachuting in some supplies – not enough to do any good or to annoy the Israelis (of whom Biden is obviously terrified) but enough to satisfy critics of American foreign policy.

Last month, Cornell professor Robert Howarth told Bloomberg, “We need to get rid of all fossil fuels as quickly as possible. Let’s just move on and get rid of the gas system.”

A valid question from my friend Peter Halligan

There’s a great scene in Evelyn Waugh’s first novel, Decline and Fall, when the wealthy young heiress, Margot Beste-Chetwynde (a thinly veiled caricature of ocean liner heiress Nancy Cunard) acquires and demolishes what is universally regarded as the most beautifully intact Tudor manor house in all of England

It’s been announced that Sir Patrick Vallance (pictured), the Government’s former chief scientific adviser, has joined the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, appointed to their ‘team of expert Strategic Counsellors’ with former chief of the defence staff General Sir Nick Carter