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What Watching a Soccer Final Does to Your Body, According to Science

World Cup 2026

What Watching a Soccer Final Does to Your Body, According to Science

A recent study tracked hundreds of soccer fans until their favorite team reached the final of a tournament. Their stress levels skyrocketed, and their heart rates jumped too.

Jorge Garay

Fish Oil Supplements May Not Help Stave Off Dementia After All

DHA

Fish Oil Supplements May Not Help Stave Off Dementia After All

Ritsuko Kawai

Food Preservatives May Increase the Risk of High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease

Added Values

Food Preservatives May Increase the Risk of High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease

Ritsuko Kawai

The FDA Ruled That Zyn Pouches Are Safer Than Cigarettes. That Doesn’t Mean They’re Safe

Less Bad

The FDA Ruled That Zyn Pouches Are Safer Than Cigarettes. That Doesn’t Mean They’re Safe

Megan Tomos

Heat Domes Are Dangerous. July Fourth Activities Will Make Things Worse

Beat the Heat

Heat Domes Are Dangerous. July Fourth Activities Will Make Things Worse

Emily Mullin

The Most Promising Ebola Vaccine Has Been Sitting on the Shelf for 15 Years

Speed Trials

The Most Promising Ebola Vaccine Has Been Sitting on the Shelf for 15 Years

Isabella Ward

Pseudoscientific Cancer ‘Treatment’ Involves Gassing Naked People in Plastic Bags With Bleach

Dangerous Ideas

Pseudoscientific Cancer ‘Treatment’ Involves Gassing Naked People in Plastic Bags With Bleach

David Gilbert

The Sperm-Maxxing Bros Are Actually Onto Something

Super Swimmers

The Sperm-Maxxing Bros Are Actually Onto Something

Gabriela Galvin

I Was Scammed Buying GLP-1s Online. I’m Not Alone

Fitter Happier

I Was Scammed Buying GLP-1s Online. I’m Not Alone

John Semley

Not to Alarm Anyone, but Flesh-Eating Screwworms Have Entered the US

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Not to Alarm Anyone, but Flesh-Eating Screwworms Have Entered the US

Beth Mole, Ars Technica

‘Sexual Chocolate’ Faces Recalls After FDA Tests Reveal Undisclosed Viagra

Total Recall

‘Sexual Chocolate’ Faces Recalls After FDA Tests Reveal Undisclosed Viagra

Emily Mullin

The Painful Truth About Long Covid

Medical Mystery

The Painful Truth About Long Covid

Alan Levinovitz

How Turkey Hacked the Hair-Transplant Industry

Back to Front

How Turkey Hacked the Hair-Transplant Industry

Levent Daşkıran

These Researchers Would Be in Africa Fighting Ebola—but Trump Cut Their Funding

Ebola Outbreak

These Researchers Would Be in Africa Fighting Ebola—but Trump Cut Their Funding

Emily Mullin

Supercharging Immune Cells May Help Control HIV Long-Term

Super Cells

Supercharging Immune Cells May Help Control HIV Long-Term

Emily Mullin

A Danish Couple’s Maverick African Research Finds Its Moment in RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Policy

Public Health

A Danish Couple’s Maverick African Research Finds Its Moment in RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Policy

Arthur Allen, KFF Health News

We Now Know How Many People the CDC Is Monitoring for Hantavirus

Contact Tracing

We Now Know How Many People the CDC Is Monitoring for Hantavirus

Emily Mullin

Inside the Race to Develop a Test for the Rare Andes Hantavirus

Testing, Testing

Inside the Race to Develop a Test for the Rare Andes Hantavirus

Emily Mullin

All Your Hantavirus Questions, Answered by an Infectious Disease Expert

Q&A

All Your Hantavirus Questions, Answered by an Infectious Disease Expert

Emily Mullin

Testing for ‘Bad Cholesterol’ Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story

Beyond LDL

Testing for ‘Bad Cholesterol’ Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story

Anna McKie

Here’s What You Need to Know About the Hantavirus

Cruise concerns

Here’s What You Need to Know About the Hantavirus

Emily Mullin

Diabetes Detection Needs Better Tools. They’re on the Way

Testing Testing

Diabetes Detection Needs Better Tools. They’re on the Way

Anna McKie

Telehealth Abortion Is Still Possible Without Mifepristone

Undeniable Access

Telehealth Abortion Is Still Possible Without Mifepristone

Kate Knibbs and Emily Mullin