Month: November 2022

The money would help pay for addiction treatment and drug education programs in communities across the United States. View original article Contributor: Jan Hoffman

The rapid population growth has been driven by the world’s poorest countries. More global challenges are ahead. View original article Contributor: Daniel Victor

Lawsuits claim the company, Philips Respironics, knew of problems with its CPAP and other machines long before notifying customers of potential health risks. View original article Contributor: Christina Jewett

Most safer sex campaigns focus on danger and disease. Acknowledging the importance of pleasure — and how to make safe sex good sex — could make them more effective. View original article Contributor: Stephanie Nolen

It was late last Thursday when Naomi Fullen Somers, a young nurse at Derbyshire Community Health Services, finished tending to her last patient. The 23-year-old was used to working overtime most days of the week, but that day, her shift had been particularly long and stressful. As she walked to her car, she glanced at … Read more

In a news release published Nov. 14, Moderna said its updated Omicron booster shot targeting the variants BA.4 and BA.5 produced higher levels of antibodies against those versions of the virus than its original shot did. Compared to Moderna’s original booster, the Omicron booster generated a 15.1-fold increase in levels of antibodies against the BA.4 … Read more

Joan Strassmann can rattle off trivia about birds as quickly as a Peregrine falcon can blast through the sky. Did you know that Northern flickers coax their young to leave their nests by continuously shrieking? That American coots sometimes sneak eggs into other hens’ nests? That white brows on a male white-throated sparrow indicate he … Read more

During the COVID-19 pandemic, masks were weaponized for partisan purposes. “The politicization of mask use,” says William Hanage, infectious disease epidemiologist at Harvard University, “makes as much sense as politicizing gravity.” Masks are simply a tool—a protective barrier—that can help to reduce the spread of respiratory infections, just as condoms are a barrier that can … Read more