The latest edition of the DSM-5, sometimes known as “psychiatry’s bible,” includes a controversial new diagnosis: prolonged grief disorder. View original article Contributor: Ellen Barry
The impacts of climate change are already being seen around the world. The Earth is warming, rainfall patterns are changing, and sea levels are rising, increasing the risk of heatwaves, floods, droughts, wildfires and other natural hazards. These changes pose one of the greatest health security threats we face, potentially impacting the air we breathe, … Read more
In June last year, UKHSA’s Real-time Syndromic Surveillance system detected a potential episode of thunderstorm asthma; an increase in people reporting asthma symptoms linked to thunderstorm activity. As spring blossoms and we approach the season for these events, in this British Science Week blog we take a look at the interplay between the weather and … Read more
A survivor of a crippling accident, his documentaries and news coverage for public television focused on poverty, race and other social issues. View original article Contributor: Sam Roberts
The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t prompted most Americans to take influenza more seriously. Instead, more people are likely to think of Covid the way they think of flu, experts say. View original article Contributor: Gina Kolata
The U.S. has recently taken a sharp turn toward “living with,” rather than trying to avoid, COVID-19. Masks are no longer advised indoors for Americans in most parts of the country, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and many mask and vaccine requirements have been repealed even in the most … Read more
Type 2 diabetes nearly killed Anthony Wilson before he had even been diagnosed. One morning in 2012, his wife Sheila woke up for work to see that her husband had dark circles under his eyes and his skin looked gray. She knew something was seriously wrong, and that she had to get him to the … Read more
(GENEVA) — Nearly three dozen companies worldwide will soon start making generic versions of Pfizer’s coronavirus pill, the U.N.-backed Medicines Patent Pool that negotiated the deal said Thursday. The Medicines Patent Pool said in a statement that agreements signed with 35 companies should help make Pfizer’s antiviral nirmatrelvir, or Paxlovid, available to more than half … Read more
(Washington, D.C.) — President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients and his deputy Natalie Quillian are leaving the administration next month, the White House announced Thursday. They will be replaced by Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. Zients, an experienced manager and government executive, was brought on by … Read more
Jha arrives at a natural inflection point, as the omicron wave subsides and the administration seeks to restore a sense of normalcy. View original article Contributor: Dan Diamond