At height of the youth vaping crisis, two experts who backed e-cigarettes to help adults quit smoking collaborated with Juul executives.
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NYU professors who defended vaping didn't disclose ties to Juul, documents show At the height of the youth vaping crisis, when many public health experts were calling for sweeping action that could upend the entire industry, David Abrams and Ray Niaura emerged as two authoritative voices willing to defend vaping — despite its growing popularity among youth — as an effective public health strategy to help adults cut back or quit smoking. Read more. By Nicholas Florko |
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Bird flu keeps rewriting the textbooks. It's why scientists are unsettled by the U.S. dairy cattle outbreak A 1997 outbreak in Hong Kong was the first time the H5N1 virus pulled off the unexpected, rewriting the textbooks that sometimes over-confidently stated what the myriad versions of influenza A viruses found in wild birds and other species could and could not do. But it wouldn't be the last time. In the nearly three decades since, flu scientists have tracked this virus with both vigilance and dread, watching it defy dogma again and again, learning through hard experience that it is a foe not to be underestimated. Read more. By Helen Branswell
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No, alcohol isn't good for you. Will new dietary guidelines be shaped more by health or industry interests? The issue of alcohol — and how much of it Americans should consume — is up for debate again as U.S. dietary guidelines undergo updates and revisions, due in 2025. Already, there's simmering debate over a growing body of research, plus clashing of interests and the same specter of controversy that's followed a previous 1995 report. Read more. By Isabella Cueto
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