A study that used activity trackers to monitor babies found associations between infants’ movement and levels of fat.
Do Our Babies Need to Move More?
A study that used activity trackers to monitor babies found associations between infants’ movement and levels of fat.
Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak Forces Chinese to Rethink Travel Plans
A senior health official warned that the annual Spring Festival holiday travel rush would complicate efforts to contain the outbreak,…
The Passing of a Mentor
The official obituaries have been written for Dr. Lewis Braverman, who died earlier this year.1-3 They all acknowledge his huge…
Maps: Where the Wuhan Coronavirus Has Spread
The virus has sickened more than 400 people in Asia and one person in the United States.
This Company Says It Will Fix Your Smile. It May Shush You if It Doesn’t.
SmileDirectClub, which sells teeth aligners online, has worked to limit information about customer dissatisfaction.
New species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in infected wound
A hitherto unknown antibiotic-resistant bacteria species, in the same family as E. coli and Salmonella spp., has been found and…
Maternal depression and atopic dermatitis in children linked
A recent study suggests that maternal depression in the postpartum period, and even beyond, is associated with the development of…
To reverse engineer dynamics of microbial communities, researchers construct their own
Scientific and public appreciation for microbes — and the key role their communal actions play in environmental health, food production,…
Concussion risk in youth football
For decades, there’s been a widespread assumption among people with an interest in sports-related injury that youth football players are…