Over-the-counter COVID tests are coming sooner rather than later
Scientists and lawmakers agree that over-the-counter rapid tests could allow desk workers to settle back into their cubicles and make it easier to reopen schools and travel.
Paw hygiene is no reason to ban assistance dogs from hospitals – they’re cleaner than people’s shoes
Service dogs are no more of a hygiene hazard than people, but are regularly refused entry
Immunocompromised people must be a priority in the COVID-19 vaccination effort
Vaccinating immunocompromised people will both protect their health and slow viral evolution
Community health workers, often overlooked, bring trust to the pandemic fight
Health care has always been most personal when it extends beyond the clinic or hospital
No, you cannot pierce your brain with a COVID-19 swab test
That's not how your nose works
The lifesaving transplant organ you're waiting on may go missing in transit
A new investigation finds that many organs are critically delayed while being shipped on commercial airliners
Lead poisoning hits low-income children harder than their affluent neighbors
Children living in poverty suffer greater cognitive and physical effects from lead exposure than children from richer families, even if they live in the same area
This OB-GYN is waging war on Goop products, pseudoscience, and health misinformation
Dr. Jen Gunter launches the Jensplaining digital series and The Vagina Bible to fight against health misinformation
There won't be a cure for Alzheimer's disease in our lifetime
A century of research later, and we're still not sure what causes it
What a strange case of scientific déjà vu showed us about the dangers of plastics
New research shows that BPA-free plastic might still be harmful
Climate change harms everyone's health. Yes, even yours.
No one is safe from global increases in extreme weather, disease, and injury
Natural disasters leave behind more than just physical damage
A study in Japan traces links between disasters and mental illness