Last fall, STAT’s Anil Oza wrote about the science on water fluoridation in response to criticisms of the practice from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Trump’s pick to head HHS. Now Anil reports on a new study that found a slight decrease in children’s IQ scores as their levels of fluoride exposure increased. You read that right....
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How a controversial US drug policy could be harming cancer patients worldwide
The FDA’s accelerated-approval process was designed to help people access life-saving drugs. But gaps in communication could mean that people are undergoing treatments known to be ineffective. Jyoti Madhusoodanan Illustration by Karol Banach In August 2021, Amol Akhade, an oncologist at Nair Medical Hospital in Mumbai, India, received an e-mail from the Swiss drug manufacturer...