Month: April 2022

Nursing is not an all-or-nothing method. Every mom’s journey looks different. View original article Contributor: Karrie Locher

It is an inauspicious fall for a vaccine whose arrival stunned the world. View original article Contributor: Mayaan Hoffman

Sleep training “might take a while, but it’s a short-term consequence for a long-term gain,” says one expert. View original article Contributor: Erin Chan Ding

Nursing is not an all-or-nothing method. Every mom’s journey looks different. View original article Contributor: Karrie Locher

Scientists think a murmuration is a visual invitation to attract other starlings to join a group night roost. View original article Contributor: Tom Langen

Many cities and counties say that shoring up local public health systems is crucial to recovering from the pandemic and addressing entrenched health disparities. View original article Contributor: Noah Weiland

Two neurologists argue that calling T.I.A.s what they are — minor strokes — could prompt patients to seek the help they need more quickly. View original article Contributor: Paula Span

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has long been thought of as an ailment of middle, or even young, adulthood. The chronic illness—which includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and can cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, bleeding, and decreased quality of life—impacts about 3.1 million people in the U.S. However, it is far from a disease only of … Read more

After more than two years of pandemic life, it seems like we’ve changed as people. But how? In the beginning, many wished for a return to normal, only to realize that this might never be possible—and that could be a good thing. Although we experienced the same global crisis, it has impacted people in extremely … Read more

A new strain of Omicron, called XE, is spreading in the U.K., and a few cases have been identified elsewhere in the world. Here’s what we do—and don’t—know about the variant. What do we know about the XE variant so far? XE is a hybrid of the two now-familiar strains of Omicron: BA.1 (the original … Read more