Tag: health
What needs to go right to get a coronavirus vaccine in...
Marcos E. García-Ojeda, University of California, Merced
I, like many Americans, miss the pre-pandemic world of hugging family and friends, going to work and having...
We found and tested 47 old drugs that might treat the...
Nevan Krogan, University of California, San Francisco
The more researchers know about how the coronavirus attaches, invades and hijacks human cells, the more effective the...
A smart second skin gets all the power it needs from...
Wei Gao, California Institute of Technology
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
Skin is the largest organ of the...
Clear, consistent health messaging critical to stemming epidemics and limiting coronavirus...
Thespina (Nina) Yamanis, American University
While the deadly coronavirus spreads rapidly in the United States, United Kingdom, France and beyond, several countries in Asia and...
How to convince your loved ones to get the flu shot...
Helen Colby, IUPUI and Meng Li, University of Colorado Denver
The best way to protect against the flu is the flu vaccine. But even so,...
Your blood type may influence your vulnerability to norovirus, the winter...
Patricia L. Foster, Indiana University
In the last few months, schools all over the country have closed because of outbreaks of norovirus. Also known as...
I’m an OB/GYN who attended thousands of deliveries before wondering why...
Neel Shah, Harvard Medical School
A few years ago I visited Dar a Luz, the only free-standing birth center in New Mexico. It looks...
Why your New Year’s resolution to go to the gym will...
William Clark, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Come January, 40% of Americans will make New Years resolutions, and nearly half of them will...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
