With mask-wearing and kids out of school last winter, viral upper respiratory infections decreased. However, clinicians…
Medications to treat COVID-19 are in no way a substitute for the vaccine. But under the right circumstances, some show great…
An FDA panel has voted against recommending approval of a booster COVID-19 shot for the general population – disappointing…
Scientists debate the medical benefits of booster shots. But there’s another aspect to consider: bioethics.
A large amount of methane emissions come from natural gas infrastructure and landfills – all problems companies know how…
Long-term solutions to the nursing shortage call for changes that value nurses and offer them a safe place to work.
There are a variety of reasons why people do or don’t want to be vaccinated. Depending on how they frame their messaging…
Health researchers hope a new regulation requiring hospitals to post their prices will tame soaring health care costs, but…
There is ample research about how harmful Instagram is for teen girls, especially around body image. It turns out Facebook’s…
False narratives about drug addiction and policies that are not supported by research are deepening the overdose epidemic…
Menstruation cups are increasingly being used as an environmentally friendly alternative to tampons and sanitary pads.
New research points to a biological way that racism can lead to health disparities.
Subtly shifting the crafting and delivery of public health messaging on COVID-19 vaccines could go a long way toward persuading…
Overlapping vaccine mandates at the federal, state and local levels aims to reduce the number of unvaccinated Americans.
President Biden outlined a six-point strategy to confront the pandemic. But two public health scholars believe it would…
Making rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 cheaper and more accessible can catch the infectious cases before they spread and…
Those directly exposed to toxic dust and trauma on and after 9/11 carry with them a generation of chronic health conditions,…
Islamophobia increased post-9/11. Twenty years later, American Muslims are still dealing with the mental health effects…
A lot has happened since the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. A portrait in data highlights trends in everything…
When the coronavirus copies itself, there is a chance its RNA will mutate. But new variants must jump from one host to another,…