Medical Oddities: An Overlooked Existential Flight Risk 

• by Teraya Smith

• January 7, 2026

Medical Oddities: Gummies Good for the Gums

From gummies to hookworms, trackers to vibrating pills, medicine took some unexpected turns this week.

• by Teraya Smith

• June 18, 2026

• 6 min

Diagnostic accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests for vibrio cholerae serogroups O1 and O139: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• by Xitong Yao, Han Wang, Kuo Jiang, Shengyuan Wang, Wenjun Li, Zhun Wang, Yanfei Qi

• July 15, 2026

Measles-Related Vitamin A Searches Rise

Google Trends data showed increased US search interest in vitamin A and cod liver oil during the 2025 measles outbreak, but normalized search data cannot determine actual product use, dosing behavior, or harms.

• by Kathryn Wighton

• June 29, 2026

• 4 min