The Biden administration has proposed the first-ever nationwide drinking limits for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as "forever chemicals," as studies continue to show high levels of contamination in waterways and the blood of Americans.
OpenAI has released its advanced AI model GPT-4, which is multimodal, making it capable of both text and image generation, sparking competition between Microsoft and Google.
The consumer price index, a key measure of inflation, rose 0.4% in February, up 6% from February 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Tuesday.
Norway's medical watchdog has recommended that treatments for transgender minors be considered experimental due to a lack of research on the safety and long-term effects of gender confirmation treatments, which have seen a surge in demand in recent years, particularly among girls who identify as boys.
A case report in the medical journal Frontiers in Immunology highlights a rare case of a patient developing rheumatoid encephalitis after receiving a booster immunization of the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine, raising concerns about potential adverse reactions to the vaccine.
A new preprint by Wilson N. Sy, PhD, Director of the Biotechnology Unit at Investment Analytics Research located in Australia, finds that excess deaths in Australia in 2021 were likely due to vaccination, not COVID-19 mortality.