Health Care
Lessons from a pandemic
The initial surge of COVID-19 patients in Boston-area hospitals has passed, but ...
How to understand COVID-19-related loss of smell
Temporary loss of smell, or anosmia, is the main neurological symptom and ...
Vaccines may arrive in record time, but the virus has been faster
Scientists have created candidate vaccines, which eventually could protect billions of people ...
Single-shot COVID-19 vaccine proves successful with primates
A single-shot vaccine for COVID-19 being developed by a group of scientists, ...
Staying Healthy
Siren call of daylight saving must be resisted, scientists say
The clock, not the steam engine, is the key machine of the ...
An avocado a week may lower heart disease risk
People who eat two or more servings of avocado each week may ...
Former CDC directors discuss the future of the agency
On Monday, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...
A diversity lag in U.S. medicine includes stalled progress for Black men
As female representation rose dramatically in U.S. medical schools, the number of ...
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Siren call of daylight saving must be resisted, scientists say
The clock, not the steam engine, is the key machine of the ...
An avocado a week may lower heart disease risk
People who eat two or more servings of avocado each week may ...
Former CDC directors discuss the future of the agency
On Monday, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...
A diversity lag in U.S. medicine includes stalled progress for Black men
As female representation rose dramatically in U.S. medical schools, the number of ...
Understanding primary progressive aphasia
When you think about progressive brain disorders that cause dementia, you usually ...
Genetic risk scores developed for six diseases
A team of researchers has developed a genetic risk score for six ...
Infertility history linked with increased risk of heart failure
A new study finds that women who had experienced infertility had a ...
In Alzheimer’s, DNA errors stress cells, create dysfunction
Inside brain cells, errors in DNA can accumulate as we age. But ...
