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Does ‘cringe-worthy baby talk’ between couples serve an evolutionary purpose?
Baby talk is cute when grown-ups dote on babies. But when adults converse with each other? Not so much. Yet ...
Viewpoint: Many white evangelicals invoke bogus ‘Christian beliefs’ to justify vaccine resistance
In the grab bag of reasons for vaccine resistance, the religious exemption claimed by evangelicals is perhaps the most perplexing ...
Major anti-vaccine misinformation disseminators: Pregnancy apps
For generations of parents, Heidi Murkoff’s 1984 pregnancy guide “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” has been a trusty companion, ...
Omicron symptoms similar to seasonal cold and flu
With the omicron variant now the dominant strain in the United States infecting the unvaccinated and fully inoculated alike, health ...
Depression, anxiety and hopelessness: More than one million Americans believed to suffer from long COVID with no relief in sight
Across America, many of the nearly 50 million people infected with the coronavirus continue to suffer from some persistent symptoms, ...
Stylish, elegant — and deadly: Human euthanasia machine will soon be tested on volunteers
People wishing to end their lives in Switzerland — one of a handful of countries that give the option — ...
Omicron was ‘created’ to distract from the Ghislaine Maxwell trial? New anti-vaccine misinformation floods the internet
False claims about the new variant have leaped across the Internet in the two weeks since it was first identified ...
Viewpoint: For another year in a row, the US scored highest in pandemic preparedness — so why is the country doing so poorly with COVID?
Nearly two years into a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 5 million people, every country, including the United ...
When will we know for certain the health risks posed by the Omicron variant?
Over Thanksgiving, [microbiologist Pei-Yong Shi] began engineering a replica of the new variant to test against the antibodies generated by ...
High-tech ethylene sensors can protect apples and significantly reduce food waste
Every fall, apple growers gather billions of apples, rush them into storage, seal the airtight doors and wait until harvest ...
Latest COVID variant Omicron proving ‘formidable, but not unstoppable’
A sobering portrait of the omicron variant is emerging from the first burst of laboratory studies on the coronavirus’s latest ...
The COVID vaccine mandate sharply divided one Washington state hospital
[Dayton General Hospital CEO Shane] McGuire liked to refer to his small staff as a family, and many in fact were family, ...
The darker side of IVF and fertility treatments
According to a 2018 study, 33 percent of Americans have used IVF or another form of assisted reproductive technology (ART) to get pregnant, ...
Viewpoint: Why does the latest American Medical Association guide proscribe ‘acceptable’ language?
After Donald Trump took office in 2017, there was a surge of interest among the intellectual left in “1984,” George ...
If the anti-vaccine movement had prevailed in early 19th century England, we’d still be battling smallpox today
In the early 19th century, British people finally had access to the first vaccine in history, one that promised to ...
Vaccine hesitancy plagues war-torn Syria
Idlib is one of the most vulnerable places in the world for infection: an impoverished rebel-controlled province in northwestern Syria ...
Chronic fatigue syndrome treatment breakthrough? Research on long COVID may unlock hidden clues
Now that vaccines and therapeutics have lessened the chance of severe illness and death and people are eager to return ...
Viewpoint: Should the US resume ‘risky virus research’?
Called the “DEEP VZN” project, USAID will partner with a consortium of universities and public health organizations, led by Washington ...
A magic hour to go to sleep? Hitting the pillow between 10 and 11pm might lower risk of heart disease
Scientists in Europe have said that research into the links between sleep and heart health often relies on foggy recollections ...
Pfizer makes experimental COVID pill Paxlovid available to developing countries as a low-priced generic drug
U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has agreed to a license-sharing deal that would allow its experimental covid-19 drug to be manufactured ...
How should schools accommodate students with long COVID?
As the delta variant continues to run rampant, officials are managing contact tracing, quarantines and mask policies, sometimes while facing ...
From mixing urine in wine to peeing on barley: A history of pregnancy tests
Trying to figure out if you’re pregnant is probably as old as humanity itself. People had some pretty weird methods, ...
‘Human skulls line his shelves’: 21-year old TikTok star JonesBones stirs ethical debate over selling human remains
Jon Pichaya Ferry, known on TikTok as JonsBones, is a 21-year-old bone salesman. Ferry’s account, where he has garnered nearly ...
Chronic pain relief: Insights into how the brain works fuels dramatic treatment improvements
The view that chronic pain originates in the brain — that it’s fundamentally a psychological phenomenon, and can be eliminated ...
Living longer: Genes set limits, but diet and exercise can extend lifespans
Death comes for us all. But recent research points to interventions in diet, exercise and mental outlook that could slow ...
Mix and match COVID booster shots have been approved. Should you switch? Here’s a guide
The Food and Drug Administration on [October 20] authorized “mix-and-match” booster shots to increase antibodies to fight the coronavirus. Under ...
Meet Kernza, the climate change-fighting seed: Wheatgrass perfect for baking that sustainably grows back year after year
Most commercial crops are annual. They provide only one harvest and must be replanted every year. Growing these foods on ...
How ‘race norming’ prevented NFL players with concussion-related symptoms from dementia diagnoses — and blocked many from getting health benefits
It has been more than a year since Black former players seeking payments from the landmark NFL concussion settlement first ...
