Prevention

Doctors Share the At-Home Health Tests That Work and the 4 They Want You to Skip

If you’ve ever bought a health testing kit for anything from the flu to a UTI, you’re one among many: Home health tests are a multi-billion-dollar global industry. In fact, a new one just became ...
STAT

As more patients order lab tests online, doctors don’t know what to do with the results

Mohana Ravindranath is a freelance health, science, and tech journalist and a 2025 Association for Health Care Journalists fellow. She was previously a Bay Area health tech correspondent for STAT.
The New York Times

The Rise of the Self-Serve Blood Test

The start-up Function will send practically anyone to a lab for extensive medical testing, no physical required. Is that a good thing? By Kristen V. Brown As Kimberly Crisp approached middle age, ...
Frontiers

Validity of the Tree Drawing Test Suicide Ideation Assessment Scale in adolescents

Objective: To examine the validity of the Tree Drawing Test Suicide Ideation Assessment Scale (TDT-SIAS) for screening suicidal ideation in adolescents. Methods: A case–control design was employed, ...
MIT Technology Review

These technologies could help put a stop to animal testing

Advanced in organs on chips, digital twins, and AI are ushering in a new era of research and drug development. Earlier this week, the UK’s science minister announced an ambitious plan: to phase out ...
Today

What's the Deal With COVID Testing Now? Doctors Explain When to Test, How to Get Them and More

As we get into another winter holiday season, COVID is still part of our lives. And although it's hard to predict exactly what this year's cold, flu and coronavirus season will look like, experts want ...
CNBC

Trump orders Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing, citing rival nations’ programs

Trump ordered the Pentagon to restart nuclear testing for the first time since 1992, citing rival nations’ actions. Trump’s claim that the U.S. has the largest arsenal contradicts data showing Russia ...
CNN

Trump instructs Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons ‘on an equal basis’ with Russia and China

President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to begin testing US nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China, heralding a potentially major shift in decades of US policy at a time of growing ...
Reuters

Nuclear testing: Why did it stop, why test and who has nuclear weapons?

Oct 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military on Thursday to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons after a gap of 33 years, minutes before beginning a meeting with ...
csis.org

Can the United States Immediately Return to Nuclear Testing?

Hours prior to his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. President Donald Trump posted on social media, “Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War ...
Hyperallergic

The Visual Pleasures of Art Therapy

Installation view of house-tree-person (a group iteration) at BlankMag Books; all artwork frames handmade by Xavier Loe, Sapele and Oak (all images courtesy Daniel Soprano and phots by Melchizedek ...