Tainted ‘Male Enhancement’ Pills; Green Card Freeze Hits Nursing; Monkeypox Rebounds
Note that some links may require subscriptions. The FDA issued multiple new warnings over tainted sexual enhancement products that contain “potentially harmful hidden ingredients,” some of which are found in prescription drugs. Private equity-backed Envision Healthcare filed for bankruptcy, but a group of emergency room doctors plans to keep suing the controversial staffing firm anyway. […]
Climate change tipping points: back to the drawing board
We regularly hear warnings that climate change may lead to ‘tipping points’: irreversible situations where savanna can quickly change into desert, or the warm gulf stream current can simply stop flowing. These cautions often refer to spatial patterns as early-warning signals of tipping points. An international team of ecologists and mathematicians has studied these patterns […]
Color-coded nutrition labels and warnings linked to more healthful purchases: New analysis of 118 studies conducted over 30 years could help refine, improve food labelling policies
A new analysis has integrated findings from 134 studies of the impact of color-coded nutrition labels and warnings found on the front of some food packaging, indicating that these labels do indeed appear to encourage more healthful purchases. Jing Song of Queen Mary University of London, UK, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access […]