Entrepreneurs don’t think it’s a fad. Even the fast-food industry is adding such food to their menus. And experts predict the market will be valued at over $162 billion by 2030. View original article Contributor: Trisha Pasricha
Small studies support the existence of a cognitive change after birth, causing forgetfulness, fogginess and a feeling of being scatterbrained. But more research needs to be done. View original article Contributor: Jamie Friedlander Serrano
In a study, researchers say the adolescents were 48 percent less likely to experience long-term concussion symptoms when they did the physical activity. View original article Contributor: Erin Blakemore
The actress, 50, who has Stage 4 cancer, said she posted the photos to help raise awareness about breast cancer prevention. View original article Contributor: Maria Cramer
Women who went to prison for killing their abusive partners are starting over at Home Free, an apartment complex created by design volunteers in San Francisco. View original article Contributor: Patricia Leigh Brown
(NEW YORK) — The number of U.S. children orphaned during the COVID-19 pandemic may be larger than previously estimated, and the toll has been far greater among Black and Hispanic Americans, a new study suggests. More than half the children who lost a primary caregiver during the pandemic belonged to those two racial groups, which … Read more
Pfizer asked the U.S. government Thursday to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 — and if regulators agree, shots could begin within a matter of weeks. Many parents and pediatricians are clamoring for protection for children younger than 12, today’s age cutoff for the vaccine made by Pfizer and … Read more
As we close in on two years of living with COVID-19, quick and accurate tests for COVID-19 remain an urgent priority. In fact, as schools reopen, businesses resume operations and people return to work, rapid testing could be the key to preventing Delta or any new variants of SARS-CoV-2 from flaring into even larger outbreaks. … Read more
On Oct. 6, the World Health Organization recommended use of the first vaccine to fight malaria. The decision is momentous and highly anticipated for many reasons: among them is that this is the first vaccine to help reduce the risk of deadly severe malaria in young children in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the disease remains a … Read more
In a tragic paradox, those who are pregnant are simultaneously more likely to experience severe illness and death from covid-19 and less likely to get the shot capable of preventing such suffering. At least 171 have died, including 22 in August alone. View original article Contributor: Brittany Shammas