A flagship study that declared the weedkiller Roundup posed no serious health risks has been retracted with little fanfare, ending a 25-year saga that exposed how corporate interests can distort scientific research. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/science-health/landmark-pesticide-study-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #pesticides #health #cancer #environment

Kyoto University professor Susumu Kitagawa, one of the three co-winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry, has called for long-term financial support for basic research, which takes time to product results. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/japan/science-health/japan-nobel-winners-speech-in-sweden/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #nobelprize #susumukitagawa #shimonsakaguchi

U.S. vaccine advisers' decision to scrap longstanding guidance on hepatitis B shots will expose more children to the harmful virus, doctors and disease experts have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/world/science-health/us-vaccine-policy-experts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #us #vaccines

Shimon Sakaguchi, winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, underscored the significance of medical science at a news conference in Sweden on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/japan/science-health/nobel-winner-shimon-sakaguchi-presser/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #shimonsakaguchi #nobelprize #medicine

A flagship study that declared the weedkiller Roundup posed no serious health risks has been retracted with little fanfare, ending a 25-year saga that exposed how corporate interests can distort scientific research. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/science-health/landmark-pesticide-study-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #pesticides #health #cancer #environment

An advisory panel appointed by President Donald Trump's vaccine-skeptic health secretary voted Friday to stop recommending that all newborns in the United States receive a hepatitis B vaccine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/science-health/vaccine-policy-us-shift/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #vaccinations #us #donaldtrump #robertfkennedyjr #health #children #hepatitisb

A Japanese research team has produced induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells safely and efficiently by adding artificially synthesized ribonucleic acid to human blood cells. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/04/japan/science-health/ips-cells-blood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #ips #stemcells #biotechnology #health #kyotouniversity

The number of regular smokers in Japan has reached a low not seen since 2022, at only around 1 in 7 people, a health ministry survey has found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/japan/science-health/national-health-nutrition-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #food #health #smoking #salt #diabetes #mhlw

A new strain of influenza is spreading across Japan, leading to a rapid rise in cases this year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/japan/science-health/flu-season/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #mhlw #flu #vaccinations #health

Japan will soon begin full-fledged discussions on revising medical service fees as inflation hits profits of clinics and hospitals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/29/japan/science-health/medical-service-fees-discussion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #pharmaceuticals #japanmedicalassociation #medicine #financeministry

Tattoo ink doesn’t just sit inertly in the skin. New research shows it moves rapidly into the lymphatic system, where it can persist for months, kill immune cells, and even disrupt how the body responds to vaccines. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/29/world/science-health/tattoo-ink-health/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #tattoos #health #vaccines

The bird flu virus could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if it mutates to transmit between humans, the head of France’s Institut Pasteur respiratory infections center says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/world/science-health/bird-flu-pandemic-risks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #france #covid19 #birdflu

A public inquiry has concluded that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s response to COVID-19 resulted in about 23,000 more deaths. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/21/world/science-health/uk-covid-inquiry/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #uk #borisjohnson #covid19 #health

The Miyazaki prefectural government said Saturday that an outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed at a poultry farm in the city of Hyuga. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/22/japan/science-health/miyazaki-bird-flu-outbreak/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #birdflu #animals #chickens #miyazaki

A public inquiry has concluded that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s response to COVID-19 resulted in about 23,000 more deaths. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/21/world/science-health/uk-covid-inquiry/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #uk #borisjohnson #covid19 #health

The five-year survival rate for male and female patients in Japan who were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer between 2012 and 2015 came to 10.7% and 10.2%, respectively. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/japan/science-health/pancreatic-cancer-survival-rate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #cancer #health #surveys

New research shows diversity in dog size and shape dates back many millennia, long before modern breeding practices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/world/science-health/dog-diversity-study/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #genetics #dogs

Morocco has reported more meteorites landing there than anywhere else in the last 20 years, and with prices ranging from hundreds of dollars to millions for larger chunks, locals are hoping to cash in on finding them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/world/science-health/meteorite-hunters-morocco/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #morocco #asteroids #space

An international research group that includes Japan has discovered a factory-like system in cells that prevents insulin abnormalities, a finding that could help in the development of new treatments for diabetes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/japan/science-health/cell-factory-insulin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #tohokuuniversity #diabetes

UNICEF says essential items including syringes to vaccinate children and bottles for baby formula are being denied entry into Gaza by Israel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/world/science-health/unicef-israel-syringes-gaza-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #unicef #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #children #vaccinations #health #medicine