Can Technology Help Us Eat Better?
A new crop of digital health companies is using blood glucose monitors to transform the way we eat. View original article Contributor: Anahad O’Connor
Month: February 2021
Dying of Covid in a ‘Separate and Unequal’ L.A. Hospital
Inside an overwhelmed facility in the worst-hit part of California, where the patriarchs of two immigrant families were taken when they fell sick. View original article Contributor: Sheri Fink and Isadora Kosofsky
The Strange Allure of a Flight to Nowhere (and Other Places We’re Desperate to Go)
A version of this article appeared in this week’s It’s Not Just You newsletter. SUBSCRIBE HERE to have It’s Not Just You delivered to your inbox every Sunday. OH, THE PLACES WE’RE DESPERATE TO GO Lately, in that gray-blue hour before a winter sunrise, I’ve taken to staying in bed and flying to Morocco. It’s … Read more
The governor of Iowa lifted coronavirus restrictions. Two cities are keeping them anyway.
Des Moines kept its mask mandate even after Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) lifted coronavirus restrictions. View original article Contributor: Paulina Villegas
Fauci says U.S. vaccinations to increase in spring as Biden administration nears doses goal
Fauci is optimistic about the vaccine rollout over the next several months. View original article Contributor: Reis Thebault
U.K. coronavirus variant spreading rapidly through United States, study finds
“We should vaccinate as fast as we can,” a co-author warns. View original article Contributor: Joel Achenbach
The governor of Iowa lifted coronavirus restrictions. Two cities are keeping them anyway.
Des Moines kept its mask mandate even after Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) lifted coronavirus restrictions. View original article Contributor: Paulina Villegas
Fauci says U.S. vaccinations to increase in spring as Biden administration nears doses goal
Fauci is optimistic about the vaccine rollout over the next several months. View original article Contributor: Reis Thebault
U.K. coronavirus variant spreading rapidly through United States, study finds
“We should vaccinate as fast as we can,” a co-author warns. View original article Contributor: Joel Achenbach
Ambiguous genetic test results can be unsettling. Worse, they can lead to needless surgeries.
Experts recommend not making medical decisions based on such inconclusive findings, known as variant of uncertain significance, or VUS. View original article Contributor: Christina Bennett