Tag: COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccines for kids are mired in uncertainty amid conflicting federal guidance
David Higgins, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
It’s August, and parents and caregivers are frantically preparing their kids...
US health care is rife with high costs and deep inequities,...
Zachary W. Schulz, Auburn University
A few years ago, a student in my history of public health course asked...
RFK Jr. says annual COVID-19 shots no longer advised for healthy...
Libby Richards, Purdue University
On May 27, 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that...
From furry friends to fish, turning up the heat helps animals...
Phil Starks, Tufts University and Harry Bernheim, Tufts University
Why do people get fevers when we get sick?
WHO is finalizing a new treaty that prepares for the next...
Nicole Hassoun, Binghamton University, State University of New York
On March 20, 2025, members of the World Health Organization...
Touch can comfort and heal, but also harm − a psychologist...
Brian N. Chin, Trinity College
A hug from a friend. A squeeze of the hand. A steady arm around...
America is becoming a nation of homebodies
Brian D. Taylor, University of California, Los Angeles; Eric Morris, Clemson University, and Sam Speroni, University of California, Los Angeles
COVID-19 is the latest epidemic to show biomedical breakthroughs aren’t enough...
Powel H. Kazanjian, University of Michigan
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed over the past five years from a catastrophic threat...



















