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<p>Participants who got single dose of psilocybin were more likely to abstain from cocaine than those who got placebo</p><p>Results from a new clinical trial show that a single dose of psilocybin could be an effective treatment for cocaine addiction.</p><p>The study, published in Jama Network Open this month, showed that 19 participants who received a single dose of psilocybin were more likely to abstain from cocaine than 17 participants who received a placebo of diphenhydramine, a common antihistamine.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/18/magic-mushrooms-treatment-cocaine-addiction-study">Continue reading...</a>
<p>A growing body of research suggests cannabis poses risks to the developing brain</p>
The floating ice shelf of world’s widest glacier – Thwaites glacier in Antarctica – is detaching, with worrying implications for global sea-level rise
<p>What you should know about hantavirus, why PCOS is getting a new name, and how some fish hide in an unusual spot</p>
Inside some very special black holes, there may be a boundary called a Cauchy horizon. Columnist Leah Crane explores the place beyond which physics breaks and anything is possible
Opinion: Vaccine policy it is not a matter of autonomy at all, because infants do not decline vaccination — their parents do.
Jesse Goodman, former director of CBER and former FDA chief scientist, calls for five critical changes to restore trust in the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
China's ascent is forcing U.S. biotech companies and investors to pick a side: Is it an ally or an existential threat?
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Keep Britain Tidy awards six Blue Flags but Avon Beach misses out because of a slip-up.
One director, who has just bought 2,000 panels, hopes to safeguard the company's future bills.
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<p>The slim arc of a two-day-old moon will pass Venus shining brightly</p><p>Keep an eye on the western sky after sunset this week to watch a beautiful sequence unfold over several evenings. A young crescent moon moves first past Venus and then Jupiter, creating a chance to track the moon’s movement through its orbit around the Earth.</p><p>The chart shows the view on 18 May looking west from London at 22.00. The moon will be just 2.4 days old, and just 6.2% of its visible surface will be illuminated. Close to this slim arc of light, Venus will be shining brightly, unmistakable even in twilight.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/18/starwatch-a-young-crescent-moon-journeys-past-venus-and-jupiter">Continue reading...</a>
The proposed changes come after a cow named Beau Vine got approved for a waste removal licence.
A pair of advocacy groups is threatening legal action unless the U.K. government revokes regulations at the heart of a new pharma trade agreement with the U.S.
A number of Americans who are in the Congo are believed to have had exposure to suspected cases in the country’s latest Ebola outbreak, sources have told STAT.
When should you get a mammogram? Conflicting advice makes it hard to know.
The deadly outbreak of a rare strain of hantavirus on a cruise has generated echoes of the pandemic era, including conspiracy theories.
Key health lawmaker Sen. Bill Cassidy will lose his seat, as Louisiana’s Senate primary heads for a runoff between state treasurer John Fleming and Trump-backed Rep. Julia Letlow.
<p>It is hardly a surprise that outbreaks can occur and experts say many of the factors involved are not easy to change</p><p>It was a voyage that promised such stuff as dreams are made of, yet within weeks the Atlantic expedition of the MV Hondius had become a nightmare, with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/03/three-passengers-dead-after-suspected-hantavirus-outbreak-on-cruise-ship">three passengers dead</a> from hantavirus and more showing symptoms.</p><p>Meanwhile, an <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/13/france-confines-passengers-cruise-ship-norovirus-death-bordeaux">outbreak of norovirus</a> is under investigation on another cruise ship, while flu, <em>E coli</em> and varicella – the virus that causes chickenpox – have also caused problems in such settings. Perhaps most memorably, in 2020 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/mar/06/inside-the-cruise-ship-that-became-a-coronavirus-breeding-ground-diamond-princess">the Diamond Princess</a> became a breeding ground for Covid, with passengers and crew quarantined for two weeks off the coast of Japan and more than 700 of the 3,711 people onboard eventually testing positive.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/17/limits-of-reducing-infection-risk-on-cruise-ships">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Genetic analysis suggests interbreeding between two groups of human relatives</p>
<p>The long-tailed pygmy rice rat is the primary host for Andes virus, the type of hantavirus responsible for sickening passengers on the <i>MV</i> <i>Hondius</i> cruise ship</p>
<p>Experts say slashed funding and growing misinformation are some of the greatest challenges facing public health</p><p>The hantavirus outbreak, while unlikely to spark the next big pandemic, is shining a spotlight on the ways public health has deteriorated in the US: its ability to test for rare diseases, its expertise on outbreak prevention and response, its ability to battle misinformation and restore trust.</p><p>“Assuming everything goes well in containing this outbreak, which I hope it does, the takeaway from that should not be ‘we’re fine,’” said Stephanie Psaki, former White House global health security coordinator. “We’re not ready for this type of threat.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/17/pandemic-preparedness-after-covid">Continue reading...</a>
Researchers are testing CAR T cell therapy as a way to reset the immune system.