Scientists do not yet know how well the vaccine and the drug used to treat the infection are working. Two new trials will provide answers. View original article Contributor: Apoorva Mandavilli
Small studies suggest that breast removal surgery improves transgender teenagers’ well-being, but data is sparse. Some state leaders oppose such procedures for minors. View original article Contributor: Azeen Ghorayshi
Bon Secours Mercy Health, a major nonprofit health system, used the poverty of Richmond Community Hospital’s patients to tap into a lucrative federal drug program. View original article Contributor: Katie Thomas and Jessica Silver-Greenberg
In the blizzard of paperwork needed to get into a nursing home or assisted living, some residents unwittingly surrender the right to a day in court. View original article Contributor: Paula Span
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If you spend a lot of time online, you may have noticed that parts of the internet have caught fasting fever. Online message boards are awash in posts touting the benefits of time-restricted eating and other intermittent-fasting approaches that involve going without caloric foods or drinks for an extended period of time—anywhere from 12 hours … Read more
Until recently, running was a major part of Emma Zimmerman’s life. The 26-year-old freelance journalist and graduate student was a competitive distance runner in college and, even after she graduated, logged about 50 miles per week. So she tentatively tried to return to her running routine roughly a week after a probable case of COVID-19 … Read more
It is driven by a decline in child immunization during the pandemic and the influence of an anti-vaccination evangelical church. View original article Contributor: Tendai Marima and Stephanie Nolen
The FDA just approved a unique botulinum toxin A (BoTX-A) called DAXXIFY™ that lasted an average of six months in research subjects. I performed the research trials that led to … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:
The Jackson, Mississippi, water crisis this summer is a troubling reminder that some American communities are still failing to provide safe water to their residents. After Jackson’s primary water treatment plant failed, around 180,000 people were left with little or no sanitary water. It was reminiscent of the crisis in Flint, Michigan, which rose to … Read more