The United States recorded fewer than 40,000 new daily cases of COVID-19 for the first time in five months on Thursday, a piece of promising…
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Researchers identify brain ion channel as new approach to treating depression
Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a drug that works against depression by a completely different mechanism than existing…
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COVID vaccines: How to make sense of reports on their effectiveness
As a middling but competent clinician-scientist, I feel desperately sorry for the general public trying to make head or tail of some of the scientific…
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With Supreme Court in mind, states aim to curb abortion rights
This is a Kaiser Health News story. When Rep. Lola Sheldon-Galloway introduced a bill in the Montana House two years ago that would have prohibited…
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U.S. to monitor air travelers from African nations with Ebola
(HealthDay)—Air travelers arriving in the United States from two African nations where the Ebola virus is starting to circulate will be channeled to six airports…
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Expert: 40% of people won't be able to conceive on their own by 2050
More than 40% of people will need technological help conceiving children by 2050, expert predicts: Provocative book claims ‘everywhere chemicals’ have driven sperm counts down…
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A Woman Got Hepatitis B From Her Nose Piercing—And Needed an Emergency Liver Transplant to Save Her Life
Hepatitis B is a potentially life-threatening liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus. And research shows that people who have body piercings have an…
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High smoking dependence linked to depression
An international study coordinated by the University of Helsinki provides new information on the connection between symptoms of depression and smoking dependence. The results support…
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COVID-19 isolation linked to increased domestic violence, researchers suggest
While COVID-19-related lockdowns may have decreased the spread of a deadly virus, they appear to have created an ideal environment for increased domestic violence. Data…
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Waitlist policies may contribute to racial disparities in kidney transplant access
Despite efforts to address them, racial disparities in access to kidney transplantation persist in the United States. New research published in an upcoming issue of…
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