Rural Americans struggle for health care access
Simon F. Haeder, Pennsylvania State University
Living in rural America certainly comes with a number of benefits. There is less crime, access to the outdoors,...
Understanding and treating sepsis
Sepsis still kills 1 in 5 people worldwide – two ICU physicians offer a new approach to stopping it
Emily Brant, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences...
USDA Launches New Virtual Nutrition Center of Excellence
US Department of Agriculture
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced its new Agricultural Science Center of Excellence for Nutrition and...
CDC Alerts Health Care Providers to Hepatitis Cases of Unknown Origin
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC today issued a nationwide health alert to notify clinicians and public health authorities about a cluster of children identified...
Understanding Seasonal Affective Disorder
US National Institutes of Health
Many people go through short periods of time where they feel sad or not like their usual selves. Sometimes, these...
Climate change poses lifelong threat to children’s health
By Fatima Arkin
Climate change is already damaging the health of the world’s children and threatens a lifelong impact unless countries meet the Paris...
Do I need a booster shot if I got the Johnson...
Do I need a booster shot if I got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine? A virologist answers 5 questions
Maureen Ferran, Rochester Institute of Technology
For people...
Some cancers are preventable with a vaccine – a virologist explains
Ronald C. Desrosiers, University of Miami
One-fifth. Nearly 20% of cancers worldwide are caused by a virus.
These viruses don’t cause cancer until long after they...
The science of infectious aerosols
Coronavirus drifts through the air in microscopic droplets – here's the science of infectious aerosols
Shelly Miller, University of Colorado Boulder
During the 1970s when I...
A promising new treatment for childhood eczema
Live bacteria spray is showing promise in treating childhood eczema
Ian Myles, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Here’s a shorthand way to think of...
