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If a two-year-old child living in poverty in India or Bangladesh gets sick with a common bacterial infection, there is more than a 50% chance an antibiotic treatment will fail. Somehow the child has acquired an antibiotic resistant infection—even to drugs to which they may never have been exposed. How? Unfortunately, this child also lives […]
Submitted by Isabella D., Midland, MI When I adopted my dog Groovy from an animal shelter, her backstory broke my heart. The shelter told me she was a breeding dog at a puppy mill, but after trying to breed her several times without getting any puppies from her, the mill dumped her at the shelter. […]
A high profile name has come forward to pledge financial support not just to groups working towards social justice, but also to help rebuild Minnesota’s riot-torn Twin Cities. Target, whose headquarters is in Minneapolis, has announced that it will support its long-standing partners like the National Urban League and the African American Leadership Forum. They […]
The coronavirus has prompted many medical centers to switch from in-person appointments to video visits. A new study from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals suggests that for some hospitals, video visits may become a permanent feature of the patient-provider landscape. Prior to March 2020, all patients at the UCSF Adolescent and Young Adult Clinic received medical […]
As anti-racist protests continue, parents and kids alike are taking to the streets to demand justice for George Floyd and so many more people of color who have been murdered by white police officers. But it’s clear that the streets are becoming more and more of a dangerous place, largely due to ongoing police violence […]
If spending more time at home due to COVID-19 has meant less time wearing shoes (or sporting your favorite pair of slippers, sandals, or flip flops), you may be experiencing more foot pain than usual. Or, if you’ve added at-home workouts to your schedule, not wearing the proper footwear or working out barefoot more often […]
A newly-created mouse-human embryo contains up to 4% human cells — the most human cells yet of any chimera, or an organism made of two different sets of DNA. Surprisingly, those human cells could learn from the mouse cells and develop faster — at the pace of a mouse embryo rather than a more slowly […]
Birth control pills are an effective and safe form of birth control; however, they are associated with a number of side effects, including mood alterations. A recent research study from Aarhus University has shown that women who take birth control pills have a much higher level of the hormone oxytocin, also called the love hormone, […]
An analysis of genetic studies covering 266,000 women has revealed 32 new sites on the human genome where variations in DNA appear to alter the risks of getting breast cancer. The study lead and senior authors included researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The findings are thought to be the first to […]
Face masks have become a regular sight these days, particularly since the CDC made its recommendation on the use of face masks during the coronavirus. And if you’ve been good about staying home during shelter-in-place guidelines, you might not have thought about cleaning your face mask on the rare occasions when you’ve gone out, since […]