Month: February 2020

Memes can provide an opening for parents to talk to adolescents about serious issues like coronavirus or the possibility of war. View original article Contributor:

Israeli marathon runner Beatie Deutsch is breaking records just four years after taking up the sport. But that isn’t what makes her so remarkable. It’s the stereotypes and cultural barriers … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

Writing in payment limits when signing hospital forms might provide some leverage over disputes that arise from surprise medical bills, some proponents suggest. View original article Contributor:

Adolescents and young adults are a special population of cancer patients. View original article Contributor:

The astronaut completed three all-female spacewalks and set a record for time in space, but you should remember her for much more. View original article Contributor:

China has applied for a new patent on an experimental Gilead Sciences Inc. drug that its scientists believe might fight the coronavirus. It has applied for a patent for the use of the drug, know as remdesivir, to treat the novel coronavirus. The move is a sign that China views Gilead’s therapy as one of … Read more

Cases of coronavirus in China have spiked to more than 24,000 with no signs of slowing. View original article Contributor: Shibani Mahtani

Sales of fruit-, dessert- and mint-flavored cartridge-based e-cigarettes will be prohibited beginning Feb. 6. Menthol and tobacco flavors are exempt. Here are answers to frequently asked questions. View original article Contributor: Laurie McGinley

The health emergency is global, but in the United States, it is local public health officials who isolate the sick, trace “close contacts’’ and deliver thermometers. View original article Contributor: