Opinion | The Healthcare Industry Can Do More for Maternal Health
Improving the health of the next generation starts with eliminating gaping inequities in maternal health outcomes. When the U.S. Vice President issues a call to action and follow-up measures to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity — an issue the industry has known about for decades — it is past time for healthcare leaders to make […]
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo Named Editor-in-Chief of JAMA
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, was tapped as the next editor-in-chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network, becoming the first person of color and second woman to lead the journal, the American Medical Association (AMA) announced today. Bibbins-Domingo is a professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and the first vice dean for […]
How diet influences taste sensitivity and preference: Food choice can be regulated to mitigate nutrient deficit or excess
What you eat influences your taste for what you might want to eat next. So claims a University of California, Riverside, study performed on fruit flies. The study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, offers a better understanding of neurophysiological plasticity of the taste system in flies. To maintain ideal health, animals require a balanced […]
How Do We Handle Compassion Fatigue Toward the Unvaccinated?
Listen and subscribe on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, and Google, so you don’t miss the next episode. And if you like what you hear, a five-star rating goes a long way in helping us “Track the Vax!” As COVID-19 vaccines become available to more age groups, will fatigue from the pandemic subside? Or will it create […]
COVID Vax Now Widely Available for Young Kids — Will Parents Consent?
Listen and subscribe on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, and Google, so you don’t miss the next episode. And if you like what you hear, a five-star rating goes a long way in helping us “Track the Vax!” Twenty-eight million American children ages 5 to 11 are now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. Within hours of the […]
What Do We Know About the Rare COVID-19 Vaccine Complications?
Listen and subscribe on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, and Google, so you don’t miss the next episode. And if you like what you hear, a five-star rating goes a long way in helping us “Track the Vax!” Side effects from the COVID-19 vaccines — such as soreness and fever — are quite common, but the more […]
Requiring the COVID Vaccine: The Legal Battle Ahead
Listen and subscribe on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, and Google, so you don’t miss the next episode. And if you like what you hear, a five-star rating goes a long way in helping us “Track the Vax”! Mandating the COVID-19 vaccine has been called presidential overreach, un-American, even unprecedented, despite a long history of requiring vaccines […]
Could More Mask Mandates Stop the Delta Surge?
Listen and subscribe on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, and Google, so you don’t miss the next episode. And if you like what you hear, a five-star rating goes a long way in helping us “Track the Vax”! Wearing a masking to protect yourself and others against the spread of the coronavirus has become something of a […]
Former Tennis Pro Mardy Fish Reflects On Life With Anxiety For Netflix Docuseries
Netflix’s “Untold” docuseries is set to conclude next week with an in-depth look at tennis superstar Mardy Fish’s experience with diagnosed anxiety. HuffPost got a sneak peek at “Untold: Breaking Point,” due out Sept. 7, with the above trailer. In it, Fish recalls the state of his physical and mental health in 2012, when he stunned fans […]