Beth Linker is Turning Good Posture On its Head
For decades, the idea of standing properly upright carried considerable political and social baggage. Slouching was considered a sign of decay.In the early 20th...
One in Five Milk Samples Nationwide Shows Genetic Traces of Bird Flu
Federal regulators have discovered fragments of bird flu virus in roughly 20 percent of retail milk samples tested in a nationally representative study, the...
Penny Simkin, ‘Mother of the Doula Movement,’ Dies at 85
Penny Simkin, a childbirth educator and author who was often described as the “mother of the doula movement,” died on April 11 at her...
Antidepressants: What to Know About Uses and Side Effects
Antidepressants are among the most prescribed medications in the United States. This is, in part, because the number of people diagnosed with depression and...
FDA Approves Antibiotic to Treat Urinary Infections
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the sale of an antibiotic for the treatment of urinary tract infections in women, giving U.S....
Dairy Cows Transported Between States Must Now Be Tested for Bird Flu
The Biden administration on Wednesday said that it would begin requiring dairy cows moving across state lines to be tested for bird flu, which...
Supreme Court Arguments on Idaho’s Abortion Ban: 5 Takeaways
The abortion case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday featured vigorous questioning and comments, particularly by the three liberal justices. At issue is whether...
Grandmother Becomes Second Patient to Receive Kidney From Gene-Edited Pig
A severely ill 54-year-old woman earlier this month became the second person to receive a kidney transplanted from a genetically modified pig, surgeons at...
New Nutrition Guidelines Put Less Sugar and Salt on the Menu for School Meals
School meals will soon contain less salt and sugar, but can still include chocolate milk, under new nutrition guidelines released by the Biden administration.The...
Bird Flu Outbreak in Cattle May Have Begun Months Earlier Than Thought
The bird flu outbreak in American dairy cattle may have begun in January, or even as early as December, a new analysis of genetic...
