Health Archive
Archives for August 2023


What “Eris” and “Fornax” tell us about the future of the pandemic.


Patients stand to save a lot of money.

Actually useful ways to help children with homework, bullying, and mental health.

The new science of meditation is just getting started.

It’s tough to know how to talk about a life-threatening illness, whether it’s your own or someone else’s.


The story about Ambien and sex differences in medication isn’t what you think.


The heir to the incandescent bulb is just getting started.


But there are several other better studies that do.

The virus is surging again. Here’s how to be your own contact tracer if you get sick.


A clinical trial suggests the drug could help people avoid the world’s leading cause of death.


This painful, mosquito-borne virus could spread even more if new innovations can’t scale.


Postpartum depression has long been overlooked. A new pill expands potential treatment options.


Too many Americans find it difficult to get mental health care treatment.


Jeanne Marrazzo’s appointment as NIAID director raises hopes the US will take steps to address a burgeoning crisis.


Neanderthals are extinct. But their molecules are back and they just might save our lives.