By Emmarie Huetteman, Kaiser Well being Information This story additionally ran on NPR. It may be republished free of charge. Late final month, earlier than President Joe Biden took workplace and proposed his pandemic aid plan, Congress handed an almost 5,600-page legislative package deal that supplied some pandemic aid together with its extra basic allocations […]readmore
By Sarah Lynch, Binghamton College, State College of New York and Danielle Mayer, Thomas Jefferson College The brand new 12 months has introduced the deadliest weeks of the U.S. COVID-19 epidemic to date, with hundreds of deaths day-after-day. It has been a number of weeks because the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration issued the primary […]readmore
By Ana Maldonado-Contreras, College of Massachusetts Medical College Takeaways Your intestine is dwelling to trillions of micro organism which might be important for retaining you wholesome. A few of these microbes assist to control the immune system. New analysis, which has not but been peer reviewed, exhibits the presence of sure micro organism within the […]readmore
This story is a part of a partnership that features NPR, WLRN and KHN. It may be republished at no cost. Little Havana is a neighborhood in Miami that, till the pandemic, was identified for its lively avenue life alongside Calle Ocho, together with dwell music venues, ventanitas serving Cuban espresso and a historic park […]readmore
January is Nationwide Blood Donor Consciousness Month. After her younger daughter was identified with and beat acute myeloid leukemia, Amanda Kaczur determined to give again by donating blood and platelets (the cells inside our blood) after she noticed firsthand how necessary it’s. “My purpose was to match the variety of items of blood that my […]readmore
Liz Szabo, Kaiser Well being Information As an emergency doctor, Dr. Eugenia South was within the first group of individuals to obtain a covid vaccine. She obtained her second dose final week — even earlier than President-elect Joe Biden. But South stated she’s in no rush to throw away her face masks. “I actually do […]readmore
I nonetheless do not know why the lady on the sidewalk was shouting at me. I am certain she was shouting, although — even should you’re deaf, face coverings do not masks anger. That is all within the eyes. Perhaps she was irritated I could not wrangle myself, canine and toddler out of her manner […]readmore
I dread daylight saving time. Every year when that November weekend approaches, I brace for the return of my seasonal affective dysfunction (SAD), a kind of despair that sometimes recurs every fall and lasts by way of the winter (a smaller proportion of individuals have SAD signs throughout the summer season). I’m a part of […]readmore
By Jacqueline S. Mattis, Rutgers College – Newark The raging coronavirus pandemic, together with political turbulence and uncertainty, have overwhelmed many people. From virtually the beginning of 2020, individuals have been confronted with bleak prospects as sickness, loss of life, isolation and job losses turned unwelcome elements of our actuality. On Wednesday, many people watched […]readmore
As instructed to Alex Fulton As individuals around the globe wait eagerly for his or her flip to get vaccinated towards COVID-19, I have been reflecting on my expertise with a distinct, equally earth-shattering scientific breakthrough — the polio vaccine. Beginning within the spring of 1954, a bunch of kids referred to as “Polio Pioneers” […]readmore
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