Friday, 5 December, 2025
For more than a year, U.S. regulators and state labs have been quietly testing jars of ground cinnamon pulled from store shelves. What they found was unsettling: multiple brands with elevated lead levels—enough that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has urged recalls and told shoppers to throw the products […]
Since the day English scientist Edward Jenner first invented the smallpox vaccine in 1796—more than two centuries ago—humanity has made tremendous strides in the fight against deadly diseases. Yet it wasn’t until 1940, with the discovery of influenza B, that the flu vaccine became a reality. History reminds us just […]
Eighty years ago, Grand Rapids, Michigan became the first city in the United States—and in the world—to decide to add fluoride to its public drinking water. The date was January 25, 1945. Studies in the 1940s showed that communities whose water naturally contained fluoride had children with far fewer dental […]