Keeping your car windows open a crack is an easy way to minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission when you’re driving, according to experts … Continue reading “Op-ed: How to protect from coronavirus in your car”
Moderate coffee consumption has been linked to a range of health benefits.
A survey of nearly 4,000 former NFL players indicates that some former players have received a diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, despite … Continue reading “Study raises concerns about CTE diagnoses among former NFL players”
Reducing a suicidal person’s access to the most lethal methods, particularly firearms, can play an important role in preventing deaths.
It’s difficult to know how many people are dying from COVID-19, mostly because of the lack of adequate testing for the disease, according to … Continue reading “The challenges of assessing coronavirus deaths”
Even though studies suggest that pollution kills nine million people each year, the problem is largely neglected by policymakers, funding organizations, and the media, … Continue reading “Opinion: Why pollution problem is neglected”
The Trump administration has weakened regulations regarding the release of mercury and other toxic metals from coal- and oil-fired power plants. Environmental and public … Continue reading “Weakened mercury controls could lead to health harms”
A newly published analysis of 32,583 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, China sheds light on the epidemiological characteristics of the disease and shows that … Continue reading “New study sheds light on the spread and control of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China”
Mothers in India who had a history of neonatal death—defined as losing a child within 27 days of birth—were at the greatest risk of … Continue reading “History of neonatal deaths could help identify high-risk pregnancies”
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vulnerability of aging populations to emerging diseases and underscores the significant need to better understand immunity and vaccine … Continue reading “Perspective: COVID-19 highlights pressing need to better understand immunity, particularly in elderly”