Health

Will it be a royal house or full house or maybe four of a kind? Maria Konnikova is used to thinking about risk tolerance. The author-turned-professional-poker-player learned how to assess what economic risks are worth taking as research for her recent bestseller, “The Biggest Bluff.” Assessing health risks — especially when you’re risking not only

Law enforcement’s use of neck restraints such as chokeholds and strangleholds should be prohibited, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) said Wednesday. “The deaths of George Floyd, Eric Garner, and other instances where neck restraints were used by law enforcement have called into question whether these restraints are controllable, safe, and non-lethal,” the organization, which

As a renewed sense of optimism sweeps the US this summer with lower reported Covid-19 cases, the US Surgeon General has issued a warning for those not vaccinated: don’t let your guard down quite yet. “For those who are unvaccinated, they are increasingly at risk as more and more variants develop,” Surgeon General Vivek Murthy

About two dozen states have decided to scale back their daily tracking of Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths as President Joe Biden’s administration and other federal officials continue trying to get more Americans — and the rest of the world — vaccinated. Some health officials are calling the scaleback premature, and the National Association of

As some states report they have Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine doses that are expiring before they get used, the company and federal officials say they’re looking at whether expiration dates can be extended — and whether the doses could be put to use elsewhere before they expire. “We’re working very hard, both at the

Ours is not a culture that makes life easy for pregnant people. There’s the side-eye from busybody strangers, in disapproval of a coffee order or workout routine (or lack thereof). There are the bosses and colleagues who refuse to accommodate their pregnant employees, in ways subtle and not. Then there’s the lack of universal paid

The US is making significant strides in curbing the coronavirus pandemic as summer approaches, with average daily cases near a 14-month low and just over half of eligible Americans fully vaccinated. About 50.1% of people ages 12 and older in the US — the cohort eligible to receive a Covid-19 vaccine in the country —

The coming flu season may be a doozy. Even as coronavirus was devastating populations around the world, killing 3.7 million people globally, doctors and public health officials noticed something else was missing: There was almost no flu. One child died from flu this year in the US. In 2019-2020, there were 199 flu-related deaths in

Beech-Nut Nutrition voluntarily recalled an infant rice cereal Tuesday because the product exceeds a US Food and Drug Administration limit of 100 parts per billion of arsenic. The company also announced it would no longer sell baby rice cereal. Research has shown that even low levels of arsenic exposure can impact a baby’s neurodevelopment. The

First, the good news: Covid-19 cases are down in the US. Hospitalizations are dropping. And new deaths have decreased drastically as more Americans get vaccinated. Now the bad news: Most Americans still haven’t been fully vaccinated — threatening both short-term consequences for themselves and long-term consequences for the country. “We’re definitely going in the right

The coming flu season may be a doozy. Even as coronavirus was devastating populations around the world, killing 3.7 million people globally, doctors and public health officials noticed something else was missing: There was almost no flu. One child died from flu this year in the US. In 2019-2020, there were 199 flu-related deaths in

For more than a year now, many of us have followed the standard drill: wash our hands, stay 6 feet apart, choose outdoor activities over indoors, and — most of all — wear a mask. Once vaccines were authorized for emergency use, the rules — as laid out in guidelines from the US Centers for

Are you feeling frazzled? That’s relatable. These days, stress and anxiety are soaring across the globe. If you have a minute to spare, you can tweak the course of your day with a quick mindfulness practice. In recent years, studies have shown that mindfulness — a group of practices designed to focus the mind on