Vaccine skepticism, and the broader medical mistrust and far-reaching anxieties it reflects, is not just a fringe position…
I’m a scholar, not an activist or an advocate. But now one of the most intimate, personal events of our lives had been…
Once available, Opill will be the most effective form of nonprescription birth control on the market. But you should still…
An inhaler that costs nearly $300 in the US goes for just $9 in Germany. What gives?
Although the US banned lead-based paint in 1978, homes built before then commonly contain lead paint.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed tax credit is part of a trend toward public support for family caregiving.
Early modern societies in Latin America and Spain saw a convergence of traditional medical knowledge and the professionalization…
Americans have long been divided over adopting permanent standard versus permanent daylight saving time. But support for…
In medieval Japan, healing might mean taking medicine, undergoing an exorcism or sidestepping harm in the first place by…
Whether you’re ascending to high altitudes for casual travel or for adventure tourism, there are specific strategies to…
A pediatrician and preventive medicine physician explains how measles vaccines became victims of their own success and the…
Research shows that rapid antigen tests are performing as well at detecting the most recent dominant variants as they did…
IVF is a decades-old procedure that has allowed increasing numbers of prospective parents to have children. Evolving legislation…
Two new high-profile studies add to the increasingly worrisome picture of how even mild cases of COVID-19 can have detrimental…
Many people wrongly assume that cannabis use during pregnancy is safe. Research is increasingly documenting a host of serious…
Essential fats found in fish and nuts are tied to many protective health benefits. Researchers found they may also slow…
Pressure to ‘publish or perish’ and get results out as quickly as possible has led to weak study designs and shortened…
Adopting healthy behaviors and thought patterns around food and nutrition takes time and intentional effort. But it will…
People who regularly engage in significant amounts of exercise, as endurance athletes do, may develop enlarged hearts. While…
Alaskapox was discovered in 2015 and has generally only caused mild illness – until now.