Month: August 2021

A series of studies in an influential medical journal takes a close look at longstanding gaps in medical care. View original article Contributor: Roni Caryn Rabin

PALB2 is not as well known as BRCA, but mutations of the gene can raise a woman’s risk for breast cancer almost as much. View original article Contributor: Susan Berger

Using Crispr, scientists have taken the first step toward creating a mosquito that is blind to human hosts. View original article Contributor: Sabrina Imbler

(WASHINGTON) — U.S. experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, regardless of age, eight months after they received their second dose of the shot, to ensure lasting protection against the coronavirus as the delta variant spreads across the country. Federal health officials have been actively looking at whether extra shots for … Read more

Nursing home residents and health care workers will most likely be the first to get booster shots, as soon as September, followed by other older people who were vaccinated last winter. View original article Contributor: Sharon LaFraniere

The number of new daily covid-19 hospital admissions and ICU admissions in Texas are both nearing peak levels not seen since December. View original article Contributor: Kim Bellware

Comfort and support are some of the important factors in looking for footwear, experts say View original article Contributor: Michele Stanten

Despite the possible benefit, the researchers warn in a study that drinking alcohol also carries serious risks for the heart, as well as the mind and body generally. View original article Contributor: Linda Searing

The number of new daily covid-19 hospital admissions and ICU admissions in Texas are both nearing peak levels not seen since December. View original article Contributor: Kim Bellware

Comfort and support are some of the important factors in looking for footwear, experts say View original article Contributor: Michele Stanten