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Born into a coronavirus world: how new parents and infants can stay safe.
The cold supply chain keeps vaccines fresh during distribution, but the current system is nowhere near large enough to distribute the billions of COVID-19 vaccines that the world needs.
A bioethicist explains a recent report that recommends how to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine equitably.
Many of us don’t get an adequate amount of nutrients.
In a series of surveys, young people across the US described their thinking and behavior amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Getting the real answers on health gaps requires a deep dive into the demographics.
Domestic violence is always a problem, but especially during the pandemic. A recent study found that friends and family can help, but they, too, need support.
Wildfire smoke makes it harder for firefighters’ bodies to fight off viruses. Social distancing is difficult in that environment, but fire crews are coming up with solutions.
There are ingredients in your pills other than the one designed to treat your ailments. Those unnamed ingredients can alter how you respond to a medicine or even make you sick.
Can a naturally occurring skin microbe help millions who suffer from eczema?
Using random testing, researchers in Indiana were able to calculate death rates by age, race, and sex and found sharp increases in risk of death among older and non-white state residents.
The 6-foot rule for social distancing doesn’t account for all risks, particularly indoors. Here’s what everyone needs to understand as cooler weather moves more activities inside.
Even kids who were asymptomatic when they had COVID-19 have developed multisystem inflammatory syndrome, a new review of hundreds of cases shows.
The design of a campus and its buildings and dorms can be crucial to a student’s overall well-being.
When water stagnates in pipes, harmful metals and bacteria can accumulate and make people sick. Buildings that were shut down for weeks during the pandemic may be at risk.
All too often the medical community ‘fat-shames’ patients trying to lose weight, when in fact obesity and overweight are complicated medical issues.
Couch potatoes are always looking for a way out.
A pitcher known for his mental game as well as his physical prowess, Tom Seaver died this week from Lewy body dementia. A doctor explains this troubling form of dementia.
Three new studies show corticosteroids can reduce deaths in critically ill COVID-19 patients. But what about other patients?
COVID-19 plagues an overtaxed opioid addiction treatment system.
Chadwick Boseman’s death at age 43 is emblematic of two disturbing health trends.
With tens of thousands of COVID-19 cases on college campuses, a scientist asks: Why did colleges open in the first place?
Journalists use real people’s stories to ‘humanize’ the news. But these tales – whether harrowing or heartwarming – can be misleading about the pandemic’s greatest threats.
The new BinaxNOW antigen test is quick, easy, accurate and cheap. It could solve the US testing problem, but the emergency use authorization only allows people with COVID-19 symptoms to get tested.