Misunderstandings about flu vaccines have existed for decades, leading to vaccine mistrust and lower-than-ideal vaccination rates. Now that a coronavirus vaccine appears to be close, experts are concerned that the lack of trust and understanding about flu vaccines could translate…
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Why Kindergarten Matters
TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 — Being well-prepared to start kindergarten provides lifelong benefits, a new Canadian study shows. It included 2,000 children born in the province of Quebec in 1997 and 1998. At age 5, their knowledge of numbers and…
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Why the Trump campaign has Dr. Fauci seeing red
Dr. Anthony Fauci has become quite well known during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci serves as the White House coronavirus advisor, which might lead some people to think that he is a supporter of President Donald Trump, but the truth is…
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Why Mitch McConnell’s COVID test timeline is raising eyebrows
More Washington insiders are being tested for COVID-19. In light of President Trump’s positive diagnosis — and that of First Lady Melania Trump — the Trump kids were tested (all are negative at this time), and it was revealed Trump’s…
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Why Do Gay and Lesbian People Get More Migraines?
MONDAY, Sept. 28, 2020 — Could migraine risk be affected by sexual orientation? A new study suggests that the answer may be yes. After tracking migraines among thousands of American adults, investigators found that men and women who identify as…
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Why bodyweight workouts can be better for you than using gym equipment
Over the last few months, many of us have had to change how we workout. With gyms shut for months on end we started running and flocked to our living rooms to follow workouts on YouTube and Instagram. We also…
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Could coronavirus cause a better flu season? Maybe. Here’s why.
Flu season is approaching, but some medical experts say it’s possible this year’s may shape up to be milder than initially feared. The unlikely reason? The coronavirus pandemic. As people in many parts of the country protect themselves from COVID-19…
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Making gyms safer: Why the virus is less likely to spread there than in a bar
After shutting down in the spring, America’s empty gyms are beckoning a cautious public back for a workout. To reassure wary customers, owners have put in place—and now advertise—a variety of coronavirus control measures. At the same time, the fitness…
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Why AstraZeneca and others racing to make a COVID-19 vaccine should be more open about the process
AstraZeneca is resuming clinical trials for the COVID-19 vaccine, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, following confirmation that is safe to do so. The trials were paused when one of the participants developed an “unexplained illness.” The pause is over, but the concerns that…
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Doctors studying why obesity may be tied to serious COVID-19
In the early days of the pandemic, doctors noticed something about the people severely ill from COVID-19: Many were obese. The link became more apparent as coronavirus swept across the globe and data mounted, and researchers are still trying to…
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