Month: December 2021

A rush of vaccine-seeking customers and staff shortages are squeezing drugstores around the U.S., leading to frazzled workers and temporary pharmacy closures. Drugstores are normally busy this time of year with flu shots and other vaccines, but now pharmacists are doling out a growing number of COVID-19 shots and giving coronavirus tests. The push for … Read more

Loneliness is common. One study says that 3 in 5 American adults describe themselves as lonely — and that was before the pandemic. View original article Contributor: Steven Petrow

Guided conversations with the terminally ill are popular with patients, families and doctors. But researchers are looking beneath the anecdotal appeal. View original article Contributor: Lola Butcher

Some couples with muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis and other such ailments undergo in vitro fertilization and preimplantation genetic testing to find disease-free embryos. View original article Contributor: Jamie Talan

Loneliness is common. One study says that 3 in 5 American adults describe themselves as lonely — and that was before the pandemic. View original article Contributor: Steven Petrow

Guided conversations with the terminally ill are popular with patients, families and doctors. But researchers are looking beneath the anecdotal appeal. View original article Contributor: Lola Butcher

Some couples with muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis and other such ailments undergo in vitro fertilization and preimplantation genetic testing to find disease-free embryos. View original article Contributor: Jamie Talan

Reporters at The Post respond to four questions about the coronavirus. View original article Contributor: William Booth,

An estimated 22.8 million people — more than half the country’s population — are expected to face potentially life-threatening food insecurity this winter. Many are already on the brink of catastrophe. View original article Contributor: Christina Goldbaum