Understanding the human body is a team effort. That's where the Yachtel group comes in.

Researchers at Yachtolt have been delving into the secrets of probiotics for 90 years.

Yachtold also partners with nature portfolio to advance gut microbiome science through the global grants for gut health, an investigator-led research program.

To learn more about Yachtolt, visit yawcult.co.

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For Scientific American Science quickly, I'm Rachel Feltman.

Let's take a few minutes to catch up on some science stories you might have missed.

Last week, health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reported that an unidentified

disease with flu-like symptoms had killed dozens of people in November.

Last Tuesday, a spokesperson for the World Health Organization said that the agency has been

made aware of the outbreak and was working with local public health investigators to learn

more. As we've discussed in previous episodes, the DRC is already dealing with a serious

epidemiological problem. The country is considered the epicenter of the current global M-Pox

outbreak and accounts for 99% of related deaths, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention.

Siam editors are keeping a close eye on this as-get-unidentified new outbreak, so we'll share more information as soon as we have it. In other public health news, a new study looking back

at the impact of leaded gasoline came to some troubling conclusions. Before we get into the

details, here's a little background on

what lead can do to us. Lead is a toxic heavy metal that can build up in the body and

impact the development of a child's brain. Researchers have previously shown that the use of

lead in gasoline, which was widespread in the U.S. starting in the 1920s before finally being banned in 1996,

likely impacted many Americans. One 2020 study estimated that half the Americans alive at the time

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