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NIOSH Science Blog post published in 2020
Evidence from public-health agencies and peer-reviewed reviews shows vaping is not harmless but is generally viewed by many experts as less harmful than continuing to smoke if a smoker switches comple...
Donald Trump has routinely refused to pocket the full $400,000 presidential salary from his first term, instead directing quarterly paychecks to federal agencies and official causes and often presenti...
Drinking one 5-ounce glass of wine daily is linked to a small but measurable increase in risk for certain cancers — most consistently breast cancer — while evidence for many other cancer types is mixe...
A growing body of public-health reviews and recent meta-analyses find that any alcohol—including one 5‑oz glass of wine per day—can raise the risk of some cancers, especially breast and certain aerodi...
New York and Los Angeles are the most consistently cited large U.S. cities where align with measurable declines in gun homicides, but the evidence shows that (multiple laws together), state-level rest...
The claim that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a Surgeon General or has held that office is ; official histories of the U.S. Surgeon General’s office list only two physicians who were surgeons by training an...