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Health Archive

Archives for February 2023

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Why kids don’t get as cold as adults doWhy kids don’t get as cold as adults do
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It’s all about fat — but not the kind you’re probably thinking of.

By Edward Vega
Policy
The pay gap between hospital CEOs and nurses is expanding even faster than we thoughtThe pay gap between hospital CEOs and nurses is expanding even faster than we thought
Policy

Some hospital CEOs quadrupled their salaries in a few years while nurses’ pay largely stayed stagnant.

By Dylan Scott
Nobody knows what the point of homework is
The Highlight

The homework wars are back.

By Jacob Sweet
Future Perfect
The new scientific review on masks and Covid isn’t what you thinkThe new scientific review on masks and Covid isn’t what you think
Future Perfect

A meta-analysis seeks to be the last word on the effectiveness of masks, but finding answers in science isn’t that easy.

By Kelsey Piper
Conservatives’ war on emotions in the classroom
The Highlight

Social-emotional learning has been a basic — and uncontroversial — part of education for decades. So why are conservatives waging a war against it?

By Fabiola Cineas
America’s after-school afterthought
The Highlight

The hours between school dismissal and the end of the workday are a mess. They don’t have to be.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
The other long Covid: The damage done to a generation of schoolchildren
The Highlight

The pandemic took young people’s present. What will it do to their future?

By Bryan Walsh
Science
Yes, the Ohio train wreck is an environmental disaster. No, it’s not Chernobyl.Yes, the Ohio train wreck is an environmental disaster. No, it’s not Chernobyl.
Science

How bad is the East Palestine derailment, really?

By Benji Jones
Health
How bad of a norovirus wave is the US in for?How bad of a norovirus wave is the US in for?
Health

Things could get real shitty.

By Keren Landman, MD
Politics
John Fetterman is openly discussing his treatment for depression. Few politicians do.John Fetterman is openly discussing his treatment for depression. Few politicians do.
Politics

By doing so, he’s normalizing a conversation around mental health.

By Li Zhou
Science
Nobody but your doctor should know your menstrual historyNobody but your doctor should know your menstrual history
Science

The big problem with Florida asking for so much of its student-athletes’ health information.

By Keren Landman, MD
The forgotten victims of the Adderall shortage
Technology

People with narcolepsy need stimulants, too. But many pharmacy shelves are empty.

By Sara Morrison
Climate
It doesn’t take that many electric cars to improve public healthIt doesn’t take that many electric cars to improve public health
Climate

Researchers have found that California’s electric cars are already keeping asthma patients out of ERs.

By Umair Irfan
Politics
Insulin is way too expensive. California has a solution: Make its own.Insulin is way too expensive. California has a solution: Make its own.
Politics

The drug’s cost crisis is spurring states to pursue a public version of an essential medication.

By Dylan Scott
Future Perfect
Eggs are expensive for all the wrong reasonsEggs are expensive for all the wrong reasons
Future Perfect

If we assume eggs must be cheap, we can’t address the twin crises of factory farming and bird flu.

By Marina Bolotnikova