Health
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Medicaid enrollment increased by 5M during pandemic—but not for reasons you may think
Medicaid enrollment swelled by approximately 5 million from March through September 2020, but the boost may not just be due…
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Microneedles are promising devices for painless drug delivery with minimal side effects
A recent study from the University of Helsinki monitors progress in the development of microneedles for immunotherapy and discusses the…
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Demi Lovato Says She Still ‘Struggles Daily’ With Her Eating Disorder
Demi Lovato shared an Instagram post this week reminding people that the journey of recovering from an eating disorder is…
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Kansas Heart Hospital accuses former CFO, COO of stealing $6M, blocking millions in CARES relief
Kansas Heart Hospital has filed a lawsuit against two former executives it alleges stole almost $7 million in unauthorized compensation…
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Shining new light on stepparent fairy-tale stereotype
Although the fairy tale of the wicked stepmother is a tale as old as time, the effects of blending children…
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Vital soil organisms being harmed by pesticides, study shows
Pesticides are causing widespread damage to the tiny creatures that keep soils healthy and underpin all life on land, according…
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Release of drugs from a supramolecular cage
How can a highly effective drug be transported to the precise location in the body where it is needed? In…
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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Sharing Vaccines With the World
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. The Biden administration — keeping a campaign promise — announced…
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7 Expert-Approved Sex Toys on Super Sale at LELO
With outdoor temperatures rising and increasingly more people getting vaccinated, there seem to be some sexual sparks in the air.…
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Reducing methane is good for climate, health and can pay for itself – yet emissions are still rising fast, a new UN report warns
Methane, the main ingredient in natural gas, is a larger climate problem than the world anticipates, and cutting its emissions…
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New MRI technique can detect early dysfunction of the blood-brain barrier with small vessel disease
Collaborative research between the University of Kentucky and the University of Southern California (USC) suggests that a noninvasive neuroimaging technique…
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12 Bodyweight Exercises for Knee Pain Relief
Are your knees feeling achy, stiff, or otherwise not-so-hot? You’re in luck. Our latest Sweat with SELF video is all…
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PM urged to commit to action on air pollution in upcoming Queen’s Speech
T he mother of a schoolgirl who died after exposure to air pollution has written to Boris Johnson urging him…
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One third of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 have lung changes after a year
A new study has shown that most patients discharged from hospital after experiencing severe COVID-19 infection appear to return to…
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Gas cookers in homes ‘like passive smoking’: report
“The literature in schools has shown increased risk for cough and wheeze in children with asthma, eczema and allergies.” While…
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Early exposure to air pollutants linked to high blood pressure in children, adolescents
A meta-analysis of 14 air pollution studies from around the world found that exposure to high levels of air pollutants…
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Global hunger, maternal deaths and stillbirths have soared during the pandemic.
The pandemic has contributed to soaring hunger and acute declines in maternal health care that threaten tens of millions of…
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The 19 Best Face Exfoliators for Sensitive Skin, According to Dermatologists
Face exfoliators often get a bad rap for causing redness and burning, which is enough to scare away anyone with…
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Biden’s infrastructure plan targets lead pipes that threaten public health across the US
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan includes a proposal to upgrade the U.S. drinking water distribution system by removing and replacing…
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How Much of the Population Will Need to Be Vaccinated Until the Pandemic Is Over?
Q: How much of the population will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to slow this pandemic? A: A vaccinated…
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See Fewer People. Take Fewer Showers.
Robin Harper, an administrative assistant at a preschool in Martha’s Vineyard, grew up showering every day. “It’s what you did,”…
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Blue Light Therapy for the Skin: What Can It Do?
Blue light from electronic devices gets a bad rap for straining eyes and disrupting sleep. But this natural wavelength of…
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‘We need help’: sewage crisis hits majority-Black town in New York
The sewer lines in Linda McNeil’s neighborhood got so clogged during the pandemic that she had to use a 16-gallon…
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Can B12 Shots Boost My Energy and Help Me Lose Weight?
Q: Can B12 shots boost my energy and help me lose weight? A: Vitamin B12 shots have been given for…
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San Diego County moves to organic waste recycling, adds other environmental measures
Residents and businesses in the unincorporated parts of San Diego County will begin recycling organic waste such as yard and…
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Vida Health lands $110M series D to expand provider network, invest in AI technology
Entrepreneur Stephanie Tilenius spent more than a decade developing consumer products at some of Silicon Valley’s most successful companies. She was…
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Recipe: Sesame Seed-Crusted Tofu
If you’re new to cooking with tofu, this is a great starter recipe. The sesame seed-panko coating offers additional flavor…
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St. Louis And EPA Leaders Push For Federal Funding To Update City’s Water System
St. Louis and Environmental Protection Agency officials are calling for the passage of President Joe Biden’s jobs plan to help…
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Physicians’ departure from private practice has accelerated since 2018, AMA says
Physicians are less often working in physician-owned practices and more often seeking positions at larger medical practices, a new American…
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Is Coffee Good for Your Liver?
You reach for coffee to perk up in the morning and get over the mid-afternoon slump. Turns out there’s another…
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Legislature revives effort to create special standards for conventional drillers | StateImpact Pennsylvania
Rachel McDevitt Rachel McDevitt is a reporter for StateImpact Pennsylvania at WITF. Rachel joined WITF in 2017 as the…
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For Kurdish Americans in Nashville, a Beloved Leader’s Death Prompts Vaccine Push
Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio On a sloppy spring day in mid-March, hundreds of Kurdish Americans gathered in a field…
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Des Moines Superfund site to be demolished after nearly four decades
After nearly four decades, Iowans could soon see environmental crews removing the blighted buildings at the notorious Dico Superfund site in…
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Salesforce, Google, Facebook. How Big Tech Undermines California’s Public Health System.
Angela Hart SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has embraced Silicon Valley tech companies and health care industry titans…
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A Great Barrington school turns a guano crisis into an embrace of its cliff swallow colony
A colony of cliff swallows has taken up residence in the overhang of the roof at the Daniel Art Center…
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HIV cases in 2020 rose while testing dropped – NC Health News
By Hannah Critchfield Even as vaccines temper the spread of the novel coronavirus in the United States, North Carolina advocates…
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Telemedicine Is a Tool — Not a Replacement for Your Doctor’s Touch
Earlier in the pandemic it was vital to see doctors over platforms like Zoom or FaceTime when in-person appointments posed…
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Emissions Cuts Could Drop the Impact of Melting Ice on Oceans by Half
Scientists on Wednesday reported another reason the world should sharply rein in global warming: doing so would likely cut in…
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Some Rural California Residents Doubt They’ll Ever Get Clean Water – Circle of Blue
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, California Health Report – May 5, 2021 When Ramona Hernandez turns on her kitchen faucet in El…
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Used furniture is about to become a $16.6 billion business. Even Ikea is getting in on it
Okay, I’ll admit it. I’ve bought furniture on impulse or out of desperation without thinking about its environmental impact. That…
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Antarctica’s ice could cross this scary threshold within 40 years
If the world’s largest carbon polluters don’t cut emissions more aggressively, Antarctic ice melt could speed up dramatically around the…
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Mount Vernon, PUD join fight against mining in Skagit headwaters
The growing opposition to potential mining at the headwaters of the Skagit River in British Columbia now includes the city…
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Upgrading the Androscoggin River under a new bill sparks debate, pushback from businesses
The Androscoggin River at Dresser Rips in Auburn. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal Buy this Photo State regulators threw cold water this…
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Maine fishing interests seek total ban on offshore wind energy
More than 60 commercial fishermen and their supporters testified Tuesday in favor of a bill that would block any attempt…
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Using 4D printing to enable vascularization, bone tissue regeneration, spinal fusion: 4D printing helps create a biomimetic microchannel scaffold made of collagen and hydroxyapatite.
Spinal fusion is frequently performed to restore spinal stability in patients with spinal diseases, such as spinal stenosis, vertebral fractures,…
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Bill Would Ease Hog Farm Biogas Permitting | Coastal Review Online
North Carolina Legislative Building, Raleigh. Environmental groups are pushing for changes in biogas provisions that are part of this year’s…
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Researchers identify protein ‘signature’ of severe COVID-19: Findings could help researchers identify the mechanisms that cause severe disease
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have identified the protein “signature” of severe COVID-19, which they describe in a new…
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B.C. ranchers, loggers unite in fight against plan to log rare inland old-growth rainforest | The Narwhal
Dave Salayka has been a professional forester and tree faller for most of his working life. He’s laid out cutblocks,…
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Chronic exposure to low levels of blast may be associated with neurotrauma: Exposure during occupational training is linked to biomarkers of brain damage
Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute for Research demonstrated that biomarkers associated with traumatic brain injury were elevated among…
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How Weird, Bouncy Cell Signals Can Help Track Wildfire Smoke
As massive bushfires raged across eastern Australia in January 2020, a deadly haze settled over Melbourne, an obvious signal for…
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