Eczema is an inflammatory skin condition that causes patches of dry, flaky, itchy skin. Symptom flare-ups can be triggered by many different factors, including certain ingredients commonly found in skin … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:
Unless you are a nutrition nerd like my friends and me, you probably missed the publication of the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Originally published in 1980 and updated, based … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:
Vaccine development exceeded everyone’s expectations. But the next few months will still bring many sick people — and doctors have woefully few drugs with which to treat them. View original article Contributor: Carl Zimmer
Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies announced on Jan. 29 that its one-shot COVID-19 vaccine is 66% effective in protecting against disease, but 85% effective against preventing severe disease—results that could make it especially valuable in the effort to vaccinate parts of the world with weak health care systems. By comparison, the vaccines already authorized … Read more
A new study suggests that protective antibodies can be transferred through the placenta, and the baby may receive more of them if a mother is infected with Covid earlier in her pregnancy. View original article Contributor: Christina Caron
America currently has so little of the genetic sequencing needed to detect mutated versions of coronavirus – like those first discovered in Britain and South Africa – that such variants are likely proliferating quickly, undetected. View original article Contributor: William Wan
Chronic stress can impact every part of your body. Simple breathing exercises for stress relief can help. Check out these five techniques to find relief. The post My Top 5 Breathing Exercises for Stress Relief appeared first on Chris Kresser. View original article Contributor: Chris Kresser, M.S.
The deaths add to what is becoming a familiar trend in the spread of the virus as it devastates religious congregate communities by infecting retired, aging populations of nuns and sisters. View original article Contributor: Christine Hauser and Concepción de León
“One day I realized it had been three months since I had touched a human being,” one man said. View original article Contributor: Daniel Victor
A doctor couple is working to get disadvantaged communities “their fair shot at getting the shot.” View original article Contributor: Julia Rothman and Shaina Feinberg