A recent study analyzed the likelihood of young children receiving their owns smartphone, often before fourth grade.
Category: 5. Health
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New Study Looks At Young Adolescents Who Own Smartphones
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This Startup Is Boosting AI With Real Brain Cells
Training AI models using neurons. Getting hydrogen energy from water using sunlight. Elon Musk’s pivot to the Moon. All that and more in this week’s edition of the Prototype.
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HHS Casts Doubts On mRNA Products, But Funds Studies On Debunked Theories
It’s conspicuous that HHS refuses to review Moderna’s application for regulatory approval of an mRNA-based flu vaccine while it prioritizes research on debunked theories.
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Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the evidence says otherwise
The Trump administration took a major step in its efforts to unravel America’s climate policies on Feb. 12, 2026, when it moved to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding – a formal determination that six greenhouse gases that drive…
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Trump says climate change doesn’t endanger public health – evidence shows it does, from extreme heat to mosquito-borne illnesses
The Trump administration took a major step in its efforts to unravel America’s climate policies on Feb. 12, 2026. It moved to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding, a formal determination that greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon…
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The Air We Breathe Is A Health Equity Issue
Public health is rooted in prevention. We act when strong evidence shows that exposure causes harm. On air pollution, the data has been clear for decades.
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FDA rejects Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine application
The Food and Drug Administration has refused to review an application from the biotech company Moderna to approve its mRNA-based flu vaccine.
The agency’s decision, which Moderna announced in a press release on Feb. 10, 2026, is the…
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A simple shift in schedule could make cancer immunotherapy work better
The idea that cancer treatment might work better at certain times of day has circulated for decades but has rarely faced rigorous clinical testing.
Now, a randomized trial of 210 people with advanced lung cancer affirms that timing…
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This baby sling turns sunlight into treatment for newborn jaundice
Daniel John slips his arms through the straps of his souped-up baby carrier, settles the harness against his chest and eases a newborn-sized doll behind the smoky blue–tinted window velcroed into the fabric. He checks the fit and…
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Scientists discover protein that rejuvenates aging brain cells
Scientists at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore have identified a protein that may help restore the brain’s ability to produce new cells as it ages. Their findings, published in Science Advances, point to…
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