Health

We cover a 3.26-billion-year-old meteorite impact, the spread of bird flu and a scurvy case study that serves as a cautionary tale in this week’s news roundup.

Convicted of a crime that never happened, Roberson’s case is a prime example of how the U.S. legal system often fails to recognize advances in scientific knowledge

Wegovy and similar weight-loss medications are becoming widely prescribed for teenagers with obesity, but little is known about their long-term effects

Damage from Hurricane Helene forced the only abortion clinic in western North Carolina to shutter, disrupting health care for pregnant people across a large region

Her name was on the patent for tamoxifen, but Dora Richardson’s story was lost until now

An epidemiologist explores a troubling rise in early-onset breast cancer diagnoses and discusses the potential link to chronic exposure to endocrine disruptors.

A potable water shortage and a toxic stew of sewage and other pollutants that Hurricane Helene’s flooding left behind have prompted a race to avert a public health crisis in North Carolina

A small study of people with congenital anosmia found changes in breathing that suggest the condition may affect more than just the ability to smell

People recovering from substance use disorders need homes, jobs and medication-centered, quality health care, not just a bed in a residential treatment center

Oregon decriminalized hard drugs in 2021 and recriminalized them last month. A new analysis shows the laws likely had little effect on opioid deaths

Kick off the week by catching up on the latest science news.

Pediatric long COVID is more common than many thought, and we keep letting kids be reinfected with new variants