What the science says about sunscreen

Two UBC Southern Medical Program (SMP) graduates are helping change how cancer survivors receive follow-up care in rural BC, and they started while still in medical school.

An expert committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines is meeting for the first time since Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly replaced the committee's 17 members with eight hand-picked ones on June 11, 2025.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has stopped canceling biomedical research grants after a federal judge said hundreds of those cuts were illegal.

A presentation scheduled for a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine meeting today claimed that a vaccine preservative could cause long-term brain effects—but the study it cited doesn't appear to exist.

In experiments with healthy volunteers undergoing functional MRI imaging, scientists have found increased activity in two areas of the brain that work together to react to, and possibly regulate, the brain when it's "feeling" tired and either quits or continues exerting mental effort.

Oxford researchers have developed programmable microcapsules to deliver vaccines in stages, potentially eliminating the need for booster shots and increasing immunization coverage in hard-to-reach communities.

Charlottesville and much of central Virginia were under an extreme heat warning Tuesday, with temperatures predicted to stay in the 90s and upper 80s for the remainder of the week. The region is part of a much larger heat wave sweeping the country, with similar warnings in effect from the Deep South to the Northeast and across the Midwest.

Drowning fatalities among children in the summertime warrant water safety awareness. A Baylor College of Medicine emergency physician explains that water safety must be practiced all year long, as drowning is silent, quick and can occur even in shallow waters.

The factors that go into optimizing athletic performance have long been of interest to trainers, scientists, and, of course, athletes themselves. These include workout regimens, nutrition, and technique. A team of psychology researchers has now uncovered a more basic influence on success: visual attention.

When a team of scientists led by a Washington State University researcher examined the way that more than 9,400 children grew from toddlers to pre-adolescents, two distinct trajectories emerged.

The Trump administration's vaccine advisers are bringing up an old flu-shot debate: whether it's time to wipe out the last small fraction of those vaccines that contain a controversial preservative called thimerosal.

In a study from the University of Gothenburg, 2.7% of 70-year-old women were found to have tumors of the meninges. The researchers emphasize that such findings should be treated with diligence and careful consideration.

Kids watching YouTube videos are being hammered with messages promoting junk food like candy, sugary drinks, fast food and sweet or salty snacks, a new study says.

Findings from the largest study of its kind have revealed an abnormal process in the womb lining as the explanation behind some preventable pregnancy losses. The research, led by University of Warwick and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, paves the way for new treatments for some women who experience recurrent miscarriage.

During sleep, the brain must achieve a delicate balance: disconnecting from sensory input to allow restorative functions, while remaining alert enough to wake if danger arises. How does it sort through external stimuli—particularly sounds—during sleep? Scientists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the Institut Pasteur have studied how the brain responds to so-called "rough" sounds, such as screams or alarms.

When I work shifts in the emergency department, I often find myself weighing two imperfect options for patients who might have a sexually transmitted infection. Should I administer antibiotics "just in case," or wait for lab results to process a day or two later and risk the patient not returning for antibiotics? Based on national guidelines, the ED tends to swing toward coverage.

In a world that is often overwhelming for people with autism, a new study by Australian and U.S. researchers is calling for a rethink in how calming spaces and sensory rooms are designed.

A new study by the University of Oxford, published in the journal npj Vaccines, shows that a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is associated with a 29% reduction in dementia risk in the following 18 months. The findings suggest a novel explanation for how vaccines produce this effect.