HHS Secretary Azar says coronavirus vaccine could be available to all Americans by spring 2021 Fox News medical contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier weighs in on Pfizer rollout plan. Officials contemplating reopening plans (or lockdowns) amid coronavirus could look to cell phone mobility data to better inform decisions, a new study suggests. Researchers from Stanford University, […]
Don’t “Horse” Around with These Common Toxic Trees and Shrubs!
For those equine parents out there, the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center wants you to be aware of trees and shrubs your horses and donkeys should avoid. While horses and donkeys are herbivores and plants make up their entire diet, there are some plants that can cause them to become very sick or even die […]
These genes help explain how malaria parasites survive treatment with common drug
The essential malaria drug artemisinin acts like a “ticking time bomb” in parasite cells—but in the half a century since the drug was introduced, malaria-causing parasites have slowly grown less and less susceptible to the treatment, threatening attempts at global control over the disease. In a paper published September 23 in Nature Communications, Whitehead Institute […]
Desperate to hit the gym when they reopen? Do these exercises first
Desperate to hit the gym when they reopen? Do these five exercises first, writes MARIAM AL-ROUBI The lockdown has given Britain something it did not need – an even more sedentary lifestyle. But it’s not just the closure of gyms and swimming pools that has harmed the nation’s well-being over the past three months. Millions have also missed out on […]
These muscle cells are guideposts to help regenerative flatworms grow back their eyes
If anything happens to the eyes of the tiny, freshwater-dwelling planarian Schmidtea mediterranea, they can grow them back within just a few days. How they do this is a scientific conundrum—one that Peter Reddien’s lab at Whitehead Institute has been studying for years. The lab’s latest project offers some insight: in a paper published in […]
These Postpartum Panties Make the Recovery Period a Little More Bearable
Pregnancy changes a lot about a woman’s wardrobe — before and after the baby arrives. First comes swapping jeans for stretchy maternity pants, eventually needing to size up in bras and shoes, but then come the post-delivery switch-ups. As beautiful as childbirth is, delivery takes a toll on a woman’s body; it also takes a […]
These Serious Winter Clothes Will Keep Kids Warm Mid-Blizzard
‘Tis the season for shorter days, freezing temps and, if you’re lucky, snowball fights! Winter calls for nights spent huddled around the fireplace and days frolicking in the frigid fields (or something). And with it comes a particularly tricky challenge for parents: how to keep kids active, warm, comfortable and dry as they continue to […]
These 3 factors predict a child’s chance of obesity in adolescence (and no, it’s not just their weight)
Three simple factors can predict whether a child is likely to be overweight or obese by the time they reach adolescence: the child’s body mass index (BMI), the mother’s BMI and the mother’s education level, according to our new research. The study, published in the International Journal of Obesity, found these three factors predicted whether […]
Bye, 'Gran' — These Grandparent Nicknames Are Anything But Boring
In honor of this weekend’s upcoming Grandparents’ Day, we’re celebrating our parents and our parents’ parents — because let’s be real, there’s nobody quite like them. Maybe your kids’ grandparents are fun, stern, goofy, whatever, but they’re more than likely hella wise. Because grandparents have been around the block more than once, which also means […]
These Severe Burn Marks On A Woman's Neck Prove Why You Should Never Sleep With Your Phone
Okay let's be real: We all sleep way too close to our phones and phone chargers (let me guess: It's your alarm clock, right?). But after seeing what a generic phone charger did to a 19-year-old's neck, you might consider sleeping with your beloved device at least an arm's length away. The girl's story, outlined in a […]