Health Care
Disposable Hospital Gowns Could Expose Health Workers to Infection
Widely used gowns, intended to protect people, can let too much liquid seep through, new studies suggest
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Health Care
An Implantable Ice Pack Tries to Relieve Pain without Opioids
The dissolving device precisely targets individual nerves
Health Care
Universal Health Care Could Have Saved More Than 330,000 U.S. Lives during COVID
The numbers of lives lost and dollars spent would have been significantly lower if coverage had been extended to everyone, a new study says
Health Care
Utah Kept Them from Learning about Consent, So These Teens Found a Place to Have ‘the Talk’ Together
A group of teenagers in rural Utah are training to become sex educators so that they can teach their peers what they do not learn in the classroom
Medicine
The Weight of Stigma: Heavier Patients Confront the Burden of Bias
Research shows that antifat bias lowers the quality of care for higher-weight patients. Here is one patient’s story
Health Care
What Genetics Can—and Cannot—Reveal about an Individual’s COVID Risk
Genome-wide association studies can sleuth out genetic markers that raise or lower COVID risk, but they miss social factors
Health Care
Gun Violence Is an Epidemic; Health Systems Must Step Up
There are tools that hospitals can use to reduce the number of firearm injuries that come through the doors. We are piloting one such project
Privacy
Yes, Phones Can Reveal if Someone Gets an Abortion
To protect personal information from companies that sell data, some individuals are relying on privacy guides instead of government regulation or industry transparency
Privacy
Some Medical Ethicists Endorse NFTs—Here’s Why
The technology could help patients exert control over their medical data
Health Care
Pandemic-Era Research Will Pay Off for Years
The COVID research infrastructure will help fight all sorts of pathogens
Vaccines
People Are Getting COVID Shots Despite Hesitation
Recent findings blow up assumptions about who chooses to get vaccinated against the disease
Health Care
A Faster Way to Find Good Medical Treatments Is Gaining Ground
A type of clinical trial that tests many therapies at once is being used for COVID and Alzheimer’s
Health Care
COVID Long Haulers Are Calling Attention to Chronic Illnesses
But society is not prepared for the growing crisis of long COVID
Health Care
The Pandemic Set Off a Boom in Diagnostics
COVID accelerated the development of cutting-edge PCR tests—and made the need for them urgent
Medicine
COVID Smell Loss and Long COVID Linked to Inflammation
Hamsters eating Cocoa Krispies reveal inflammation pathways from the olfactory system to the brain
Inequality
Crowdfunding Isn’t Enough in a Crisis
Despite growing popularity, the fundraising strategy will never be social safety net
Health Care
Agonizing Cough of Croup Rising in Kids with COVID
The Omicron variant appears to be creating more cases in small children
Health Care
When Should You Get a COVID Test?
It depends, but vaccinated people should generally wait five days after exposure before taking an antigen test. Here’s why
Epidemiology
Dangerous Flu Comeback Expected atop COVID This Winter
COVID shutdowns limited the spread of influenza in 2019–2020. Several factors could mean this season will be more severe
Health Care
Billionaires Bankroll Cell Rejuvenation Tech as the Latest Gambit to Slow Aging
Start-ups bet that carefully controlled cell reprogramming may lead to age reversal, but hurdles remain
