Health
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Don’t Worry About Vaccines Faltering Against Severe COVID—Yet
For the past year and a half, since the COVID-19 vaccines first became available—even as last summer’s reprieve gave way…
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How the End of Roe Will Change Prenatal Care
Pregnancy, in this age of modern medicine, comes with a series of routinely recommended prenatal tests: At 11 weeks, a…
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So, Have You Heard About Monkeypox?
Yesterday afternoon, I called the UCLA epidemiologist Anne Rimoin to ask about the European outbreak of monkeypox—a rare but potentially…
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Rich Parents Are Tapping Into a Baby-Formula Black Market
The baby-formula shortage has been something of a nightmare for Aleisha Velez, a 25-year-old mother of two who lives in…
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Women’s Health Month Series: Insight From an OB-GYN
In recognition of Women’s Health Month during the month of May, we’re spotlighting important women’s health insights from physicians across…
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What COVID Hospitalization Numbers Are Missing
For weeks now, as COVID-19 cases have ticked upward in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, pundits and political leaders have offered…
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No, They Didn’t Find the Cause of SIDS
Sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, “will be a thing of the past,” according to Carmel Harrington, a sleep researcher…
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We’ve Never Been Good at Feeding Babies
Keeping an infant fed is a precarious task in the best of circumstances, and for many American parents, the circumstances…
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Is a Common Virus Suddenly Causing Liver Failure in Kids?
Last October, a young girl with severe and unusual liver failure was admitted to a hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. Her…
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The U.S. Is About to Make a Big Gamble on Our Next COVID Winter
Up here in the Northern Hemisphere, the spring weather’s just barely warming, but regulators in the United States are already…
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