Practical wellness advice, breakthrough studies and public-health alerts explained by medical professionals.
For decades, the arrival of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season has been a source of dread for pediatricians and parents alike. In Australia, where the … Read more
The tragic death of a student from the Henley area has reignited an urgent MenB catch-up vaccine call, as health advocates and grieving families push for … Read more
Identity is rarely a straight line. For Simon Ruiz, a 33-year-old filmmaker and former photo-reporter, the map of his life stretches from the dense canopy of … Read more
For decades, the gold standard of cancer care has focused on the precision of the scalpel and the potency of the infusion. While these interventions save … Read more
For decades, surgeons and nurses have given the same intuitive advice to patients waking up from anesthesia: get out of bed and start walking as soon … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is currently monitoring 41 individuals following a hantavirus outbreak involving passengers from a ship, though health officials emphasize … Read more
A British national in his 60s was arrested in Milan on Tuesday evening after deliberately breaking a strict medical quarantine designed to prevent a potential hantavirus … Read more
For Stefan Vinke, the silence that followed the global pandemic was not the restorative pause often associated with the arts, but a permanent shift in the … Read more
For millions of families managing pediatric asthma, the period between clinic visits is often a precarious waiting game. Parents are tasked with monitoring subtle changes in … Read more
For many pet owners, the instinct to protect their animals often extends to a worry about what those animals might bring into the home. When reports … Read more
For many new parents, the miracle of childbirth is often scrubbed clean in the retelling—a curated memory of first breaths and emotional reunions. However, the biological … Read more
For decades, a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease was often viewed as an inevitable slide into memory loss, a cruel byproduct of aging or a genetic sentence … Read more