While customers once indulged in hot stone manicures and strawberry mojito foot soaks at Studio…
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The words “domestic violence” tend to prompt images of physical intimidation and attacks. But some…
When the pandemic-related lockdowns started in March, staff at several Asian American domestic violence organizations…
Along with the rest of the world, Sarah B. Henderson, PhD, watched as massive wildfires…
During a second-grade Zoom class in Orange County, CA, a boy said, “I don’t like China or Chinese people…”
Sleep expert Rachel Manber, PhD, has seen the pervasive miseries of insomnia. Patients who are frustrated and fatigued tell her that they toss in bed all night, seeking that elusive comfortable spot. Others give up evening outings or vacations to avoid messing up their sleep schedules. Still others get anxious at bedtime, pondering whether to take sleep medications or wind down with a nightcap.
A young black doctor in training tweeted about disturbing incidents at his hospital. Samuel Kebede,…
You can catch COVID-19 if an infected person coughs or sneezes and contagious droplets enter your nose or mouth. But can you become ill if the virus lands in your eyes?
Americans are reporting high levels of emotional distress from the coronavirus pandemic — levels that some experts warn may lead to a national mental health crisis.
Given the shortage of COVID-19 testing, it’s hard for any community to gauge how widespread the disease has truly become. Now, researchers in places as far-flung as Montana, Paris, and the Netherlands are using a proxy: measuring levels of the coronavirus in untreated sewage to see how much the infection is circulating among people.