Category: Health & Wellbeing

For a politician who has been criticized for shifting positions on some issues, this is an area where she has shown unwavering conviction.Read More

View More Why Is Harris So Passionate About Abortion Rights? Her Past Work Holds Clues.

Dueling Trump and Harris rallies outside Atlanta offer a case study in how anger and anxiety over Covid-19, a proxy for the larger debate over…

View More Despite Covid ‘Amnesia,’ the Pandemic Simmers Beneath the 2024 Race

A philosopher journeys into the world of comparative thanatology, which explores how animals of all kinds respond to death and dying.Read More

View More What Ants and Orcas Can Teach Us About Death

“Boy is it powerful and effective!” raved one very happy reviewer.Read More

View More This Electric Toothbrush Has A Built-In Water Flosser And It’s Under $60 For The First Time Ever

The presidential candidate’s mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, was a breast cancer researcher whose egalitarian politics often bucked a patriarchal lab culture.Read More

View More The Rebellious Scientist Who Made Kamala Harris

“Over the years I’ve tried to fill in the blanks. What did he look like? Who might he have become if he were healthy and…

View More I Had An Abortion — And Didn’t Realize It Until Several Weeks Later

Local governments often face extra fees when employees get out-of-network medical care, but some don’t track the insurance charges or even know about them.Read More

View More How Taxpayers Are Helping Health Insurers Make Even Bigger Profits

A new study suggests you may want to pay better attention to your HDL cholesterol — but not for the reason you might think.Read More

View More The Unexpected Way Your ‘Good’ Cholesterol May Affect Your Alzheimer’s Risk

The company said it would put Quarter Pounders back on the menu, without the raw onions that were considered the likely source of the bacteria.Read…

View More No E. Coli Found in Samples of McDonald’s Beef Patties, Officials Say