How Bad Indoor Air Quality Can Affect Your Brain
While we tend to worry about inhaling viral particles like the coronavirus, new research shows the air quality at work may have subtle effects on cognitive function.
Who Gets Sick in Space? Inspiration4 May Offer More Clues.
Doctors have poked and prodded NASA astronauts for years, and the astronauts, as government employees, have largely acceded to their roles as test animals in studying how an alien environment — outer space — affects the human body. But professional astronauts have historically been a small slice of humanity. Initially, they were chosen from the…
¿Qué riesgos tiene el agua con gas?
Las bebidas carbonatadas y saborizadas sin azúcar son más recomendables que los jugos o refrescos. Pero no te excedas, dicen los expertos.
Aides at U.S. Nursing Homes Least Likely to Be Vaccinated, Study Shows
Nursing home aides — the staff members who provide the most direct care to residents — were the least likely to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by mid-July, according to a new analysis of U.S. facilities. The study underscores the influence that President Biden’s new federal mandate for all health care workers may have…
Weekly Health Quiz: Sparkling Water, Exercise and Covid
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
Study of Covid Booster Shot Benefits Fans Debate Over Extra Doses
Wading into an acrimonious debate over booster doses, researchers in Israel reported on Wednesday that a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine can prevent both infections and severe illness in adults older than 60 for at least 12 days. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, is the latest salvo in…
US Covid Booster Shot Policy Is in Flux as Studies Add to Dissent
WASHINGTON — Almost a month ago, President Biden announced a plan to make coronavirus booster shots available to most adults in the United States eight months after they received their second dose. But a week before the plan is to roll out, its contours are up in the air amid a chorus of dissent inside…
Drug Plan Fails, Signaling Thorny Path for Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Bill
WASHINGTON — A Democratic plan to lower prescription drug prices as part of the party’s $3.5 trillion social policy package failed in a House committee on Wednesday after moderates refused to support it, highlighting internal divisions that could complicate the legislation’s path to enactment. Three Democrats — Representatives Scott Peters of California, Kurt Schrader of…
Democrats’ Stumble on Drug Prices Shows Power of Industry
House Democrats writing the health provisions of their big social spending bill aimed high: new coverage for poor Americans without insurance; extra subsidies for people who buy their own coverage; and new dental, hearing and vision benefits for older Americans through Medicare. To pay for those, they also aimed high when it came to lowering…
Why is St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Involved in SpaceX Launch?
When he announced Inspiration4 in February, Mr. Isaacman said he wanted it to be more than an extraterrestrial jaunt for rich people like him. He reached out to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, which treats children at no charge and develops cures for childhood cancers as well as other diseases. Mr. Isaacman offered…