Health

Decades of hype turned protein into a superfood – and spawned a multibillion-dollar industry Hannah Cutting-Jones, University of Oregon Do you ever blend up a protein...

Ivan Erill, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Viruses have a bad reputation. They are responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic and a long list of maladies...

Steven D. Munger, University of Florida Humans rely on our senses to tell us about the world. Which way is that waterfall? Is it day...

Dr. Francis Collins US National Institutes of Health More than 180 million Americans, including more than 80 percent of people over age 65, are fully vaccinated...

50 years ago, the first CT scan let doctors see inside a living skull – thanks to an eccentric engineer at the Beatles’ record company Edmund...

Can healthy people who eat right and exercise skip the COVID-19 vaccine? A research scientist and fitness enthusiast explains why the answer is no Richard Bloomer,...

Lina Begdache, Binghamton University, State University of New York About 6.1 million children in the U.S., more than 9% of all kids and teens, have...

Preliminary research finds that even mild cases of COVID-19 leave a mark on the brain – but it’s not yet clear how long it lasts Jessica...

Abigail Kumral, University of Virginia As a pediatrician, I see children in my clinic daily for ear infections. Because these are associated with viral upper...

Brian Doctrow, Ph.D. - U.S. National Institutes of Health At a Glance Researchers found that irisin, an exercise-induced hormone, improves cognitive performance in mice. The...