Drug company gifts, meals, and payments to doctors lead to worse prescribing, review of 93 studies finds

Hormone-disrupting chemical mixtures linked to excess childhood weight 

Children exposed during pregnancy and early life to combinations of chemicals that disrupt hormones and metabolism may face a greater risk of excess weight that persists into adolescence, a new study suggests.

Ralph Baric warned COVID statement could be used for 'nefarious purposes to shift blame,' email shows

Newly released emails reveal virologist Ralph Baric's private concerns about being pressured to publicly defend his lab's research during the early, tense days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bill Gates promised Africa a farm productivity revolution. The data show sluggish yield growth and rising hunger.

Twenty years ago, the Gates and Rockefeller foundations launched the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), promising agricultural transformation from improved seeds, synthetic fertilizers, mechanization, and commercial markets.

Tracking the Trump administration’s favors to the pesticide industry

Over the past 18 months, the Trump administration has delivered a string of victories to the pesticide industry that could reshape pesticide use and public health protections for years to come. 

Big Tobacco promotes e-cigarettes, undermines health protections through U.S. business groups worldwide 

Tobacco companies remain embedded in influential U.S. business groups worldwide, giving the industry a discreet and powerful channel to weaken regulation and undermine public health, a new study finds.