A neighborhood’s overall socioeconomic status, including income and education-level, may influence its residents’ risk of chronic kidney disease, according to…
Face-covering use up, more people are taking COVID-19 threats seriously, study finds
A new survey of six U.S. states has found that during the past two months, more people are wearing masks,…
Berry good news: newly discovered compound from blueberries could treat inflammatory disorders
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), caused by chronic inflammation in the digestive tract linings, can be debilitating and life threatening. Therapeutic…
Statins reduce COVID-19 severity, likely by removing cholesterol that virus uses to infect
Analyzing anonymized patient medical records, researchers discovered that cholesterol-lowering statins reduced risk of severe COVID-19 infection, while lab experiments uncovered…
How microbes in a mother’s intestines affect fetal neurodevelopment
During pregnancy in mice, the billions of bacteria and other microbes that live in a mother’s intestines regulate key metabolites,…
Community Health Workers and Covid-19 — Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Times of Crisis and Beyond
As the United States navigates the uncertainties of Covid-19 and begins a long-overdue process of confronting systemic racism, the communities…
Tribal Truce — How Can We Bridge the Partisan Divide and Conquer Covid?
In late April 2020, Ethan Weiss, a San Francisco cardiologist, joined colleagues in New York to care for critically ill…
E.P.A. Rejects Its Own Findings That a Pesticide Harms Children’s Brains
The agency’s new assessment directly contradicts federal scientists’ conclusions five years ago that chlorpyrifos can stunt brain development in young…
E.P.A. Rejects Its Own Findings That a Pesticide Harms Children’s Brains
The agency’s new assessment directly contradicts federal scientists’ conclusions five years ago that chlorpyrifos can stunt brain development in young…
Proof-of-concept for a new ultra-low-cost hearing aid for age-related hearing loss
A new ultra-affordable and accessible hearing aid made from open-source electronics could soon be available worldwide, according to a new…