Graham Gardner, Texas Christian University Planned Parenthood no longer provides abortions in Texas, Louisiana and the other 10 states that have essentially banned abortion since the Supreme Court handed down its Dobbs v. Jackson decision in June 2022. But the nonprofit is…
C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW Sydney; Ashley Quigley, UNSW Sydney; Haley Stone, UNSW Sydney, and Rebecca Dawson, UNSW Sydney Reports of a surge in pneumonia-like illness primarily affecting children in northern China have captured our attention. The last time we heard…
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Alexander Sundermann, University of Pittsburgh and Daria Van Tyne, University of Pittsburgh…
Hilary A. Diefenbach, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus High-profile sports like…
Ivan Erill, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Have you ever wondered whether the virus that gave you a nasty cold can catch one itself? It may comfort you to know that, yes,…
Richard Buka, University of Birmingham and Samantha Montague, University of Birmingham AstraZeneca in partnership with the University of Oxford developed one of the first vaccines against COVID. The vaccine, which used an…
Nicole Lynch, Purdue University and Shannon Pickett, Purdue University Postpartum depression can affect anyone, and it often sneaks in quietly, like a shadow in the corners of a new mother’s life. It…
Trevor Thompson, University of Greenwich and Sofia Stathi, University of Greenwich White people who visit hospital emergency departments with pain are 26% more likely than Black people to be given opioid pain…
Lucas A. Berenbrok, University of Pittsburgh; Colleen Culley, University of Pittsburgh, and Karen Steinmetz Pater, University of Pittsburgh The ramp-up to cold and flu season is a bad time for consumers to…
Michael McQuarrie, Arizona State University The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions reached a tentative agreement with its employer on a new four-year contract on Oct. 13, 2023. They agreed following the largest…
Neil Marsh, University of Michigan Antiviral drugs are generally considered to be a 20th century invention. But recent research has uncovered an unexpected facet to your immune system: It can synthesize its…
Marlys Fassett, University of California, San Francisco Itching can be uncomfortable, but it’s a normal part of your skin’s immune response to external threats. When you’re itching from an encounter with poison…
Libby Richards, Purdue University As cold and flu season ramps up, health care experts are once again on high alert for the possibility of a tripledemic, or a surge brought on by…
Simon F. Haeder, Texas A&M University The Biden administration released on Aug. 29, 2023, a list of the first 10 drugs that will be up for negotiations with pharmaceutical companies over their…
