This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNtech announced Nov. 20, 2020, that they will seek emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for a vaccine to prevent COVID-19. On…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The year 2020 will forever be associated with crises. First came the COVID-19 pandemic, a joint public health and economic emergency that spread around the world with unprecedented speed and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1, religious leaders from multiple denominations gathered in a sugar cane field in St. James Parish where evidence suggests enslaved African Americans were buried. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Men in jobs with hard physical work have a higher risk of developing dementia compared to men doing sedentary work, new research reveals. Based on the findings, researchers urge health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Having a range of Covid-19 vaccines available for people to use around the world will be essential to bringing the pandemic under control. Here’s why. The preliminary data shared by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Shelly Miller, University of Colorado Boulder The vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs indoors, mostly from the inhalation of airborne particles that contain the coronavirus. But in spite of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is an opportunity to save lives through recovering up to 28,000 more organs every year1 while saving up to $40 billion in healthcare costs from foregone dialysis over 10 years2—all…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With a sharp increase in U.S. COVID-19 cases this fall and hospitals nearing capacity in parts of the Midwest and West, health care workers nationwide are scrambling to save lives…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Johnson & Johnson announced today $100 million in commitments and collaborations over the next five years to invest in and promote health equity solutions for Black people and other communities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic has reached all corners of the globe, hitting the world’s most vulnerable populations hardest. India and Bangladesh were no exception. Fortunately, the team at Noora Health saw the crisis coming and took…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 cases are surging upward around the U.S., reaching 100,000 daily cases for the first time on Nov. 4 and 150,000 only eight days later. Some believe this increase in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Older Americans who want to live independently face serious economic challenges. Half who live alone don’t have enough income to afford even a bare-bones budget in their home communities, and…