Here’s how to spot bad medical information — and how to stop freaking yourself out as you do your research.Here’s how to spot bad medical…
View More If You’re Going To Google Your Health Symptoms, Here’s How To Do It Right
Category: Health & Wellbeing
China Battles Multiple Outbreaks, Driven By Stealth Omicron
The fast-spreading “stealth omicron” variant is driving China’s biggest COVID-19 outbreak since early 2020.The fast-spreading “stealth omicron” variant is driving China’s biggest COVID-19 outbreak since…
View More China Battles Multiple Outbreaks, Driven By Stealth OmicronWhich Coronavirus Vaccine Will Work in the Youngest Children?
Moderna is going head-to-head with Pfizer-BioNTech for the opportunity to vaccinate the youngest children, the only Americans still not eligible for shots.Moderna is going head-to-head…
View More Which Coronavirus Vaccine Will Work in the Youngest Children?
Pfizer CEO Says Fourth COVID-19 Vaccine Dose ‘Is Necessary’
Pharmaceutical head Albert Bourla said it is preparing to submit data to the FDA that would show the effectiveness of receiving a second booster shot.Pharmaceutical…
View More Pfizer CEO Says Fourth COVID-19 Vaccine Dose ‘Is Necessary’
People Keep Telling Me I’m ‘Too Young To Be Sick.’ Here’s What They Don’t Understand.
“It’s the small things — like being told that I’m ‘making things out to be worse than they are’ or that I’m ‘not being positive…
View More People Keep Telling Me I’m ‘Too Young To Be Sick.’ Here’s What They Don’t Understand.As a Crisis Hotline Grows, So Do Fears It Won’t Be Ready
Envisioned as the 911 for mental health, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline will soon be 988, with more services for more callers. But it’s already…
View More As a Crisis Hotline Grows, So Do Fears It Won’t Be ReadyMeet the Underdog of Senior Care
The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, funded by Medicare and Medicaid, has quietly succeeded in enabling some older Americans to age in place.The…
View More Meet the Underdog of Senior Care
I’m A Porn Performer Living With HIV. Here’s What Needs To Change In My Industry — And Beyond.
“I’ve come out as gay, as trans, as a sex worker. But halfway through 2021, I was diagnosed with HIV — and suddenly, I was…
View More I’m A Porn Performer Living With HIV. Here’s What Needs To Change In My Industry — And Beyond.Donald Pinkel, Who Developed a Cure for Childhood Leukemia, Dies at 95
The disease was once a virtual death sentence for children. Today, his aggressive treatments mean that almost everyone survives it.The disease was once a virtual…
View More Donald Pinkel, Who Developed a Cure for Childhood Leukemia, Dies at 95New ‘Deltacron’ Variant Is Rare and Similar to Omicron, Experts Say
Scientists have found a handful of cases of a new, hybrid variant in Europe and the United States. It’s unlikely to cause trouble, they say.Scientists…
View More New ‘Deltacron’ Variant Is Rare and Similar to Omicron, Experts Say