In 1956, my uncle John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. senator, wrote a book that is probably more famous for its great title than its contents. It was called Profiles in Courage. And it was about eight U.S. senators who JFK felt had made...
In an extremely rare case, a woman's sudden blindness in one eye turned out to be the first symptom of undiagnosed lung cancer that had spread throughout her body. The woman first sought medical attention after losing vision in...
In 2023, 410 people were murdered in Philadelphia – more than a quarter of them under age 25. In addition to the people who died, countless others lost loved ones and people they relied on. As a social scientist who studies different...
The COVID-19 lull in the U.S. may soon come to an end, as a new family of SARS-CoV-2 variants—nicknamed “FLiRT” variants—begins to spread nationwide.These variants are distant Omicron relatives that spun out from JN.1, the...
The girl loves to move — cycling and snowshoeing and swimming — but when seizures grip her body, the movement stops. Her heart rate soars above 170 beats per minute and her blood oxygen level plunges below 70%. She gasps for air....
Before the pandemic, Barbara Senich, a retiree from Chapel Hill, N.C., was diagnosed with prediabetes, meaning the sugar levels in her blood put her at risk for developing Type 2 diabetes. The source of that blood sugar was sweet foods,...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Three women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are believed to be the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through...
Bird flu has been hitting a little too close to home lately. In its testing of the commercial milk supply, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported on April 25 that 20% of milk samples tested from the retail market contained...
For years, researchers have been working on vaccines that aim to prevent viral infections by strengthening immune defenses at viruses’ doorway to the body: the nose.A small study recently published in PNAS presents a similar, if...
You're walking through the woods with no one else around when you hear it: Faintly, from the background hum of the forest — impossibly, hair-raisingly — comes the sound of someone calling your name.Could it be a ghost?...
Poultry producers will be required to bring salmonella bacteria in certain chicken products to very low levels to help prevent food poisoning under a final rule issued Friday by U.S. agriculture officials.When the regulation takes...
Fragments of the bird flu virus have been found in about one fifth of commercial milk samples tested in a U.S. nationally representative study, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). While the presence of traces of the...
As chief of the Gunnison Valley Hospital paramedics, C. J. Malcolm deals with emergencies daily. But when his phone pinged with an alert that U.S. 50 west of Gunnison was being shut down immediately due to a cracking bridge, Malcolm...
A man in an orange Larimer County jail jumpsuit grew defiant within moments of entering a Fort Collins courtroom — raising his voice as he spoke to a judge. As he sat at a table beside a lectern, the man said he wanted to fire his...
"We haven't had a full night's sleep since our son was born eight years ago," said Mrs. B, pointing to her son's dry, red and itchy skin.Her son has had eczema his entire life. Also known as atopic dermatitis, this chronic skin disease...
The colors of the rainbow are all around us, but so are hues that most of us can't see, including ultraviolet — a wavelength that eludes many humans but, surprisingly, many Animals can perceive.Ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths are...
Trauma specialists are like guides in a dark forest – they help people find their way through tough times. Imagine having a friend who knows all about healing from deep hurts. That’s what a trauma specialist does. They...
Tickets Available for Newport Flower Show June 21-23 Tickets for The Newport Flower Show, one of the most-anticipated events of the Newport summer season, are now available to the public. New England’s premier flower show is made...
The world's largest-ever genetic study of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has uncovered 95 hotspots in the genome that are tied to the condition, including 80 that were previously unknown.This treasure trove of genetic data could...
A new mouth-spray vaccine reportedly stops urinary tract infections (UTIs) from coming back again and again, as can happen in many people prone to the condition.The pineapple-flavored vaccine, called Uromune, has so far been tested...
It’s tough to resist squeezing a juicy pimple. You probably want to get rid of it quickly and may feel like you know exactly how to do it after having watched hundreds of pimple-popping videos online. Dermatologists get the temptation,...
