On a family trip to Atlanta, Víctor Ortega Jiménez spent time taking pictures and videos of flamingos as they fed in their pond. It wasn’t to admire their long legs…
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1 in 4 Pennsylvanians say they paid out of pocket for their annual checkup. Why isn’t insurance covering these preventive visits?
I was teaching health economics when a student raised his hand. We were discussing the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, which requires most health plans to cover certain recommended preventive…
Why COP31 needs to start talking about just transition finance
Tens of billions of dollars in international climate finance have been pledged this decade for a “just energy transition” in the Global South. Most of the money, promised by wealthy…
1,400-year-old tomb of elite toddler uncovered at Huaca de la Luna
Archaeologists in Peru have discovered an exceptionally rich 1,400-year-old tomb belonging to a child who died before reaching the age of two. Filled with dozens of ceramic offerings, including representations…
How ‘spacewalking’ underwater made me feel like I was really in space
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter I was breathing just fine through my life support systems, but I kept feeling an…
Finding the Brain’s Mood Switch in Bipolar Disorder
Summary: A multi-institutional consortium led by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Stanford University, and Johns Hopkins University has received a $4.5…
National climate plans now promise half the emission cuts expected by UN
Countries’ climate plans would cut global emissions only half as much by 2035 as the UN projected a year ago, its annual assessment showed, after the US exit from the…
What to pack in your medical kit and when to seek care for symptoms abroad
When people prepare to see a doctor before an international trip, vaccines usually dominate the conversation. And while vaccines are important, many of the health problems most likely to derail…
Where humans build, mosquitoes follow – bringing dengue, West Nile and other diseases with them
A mosquito buzzing in your backyard may seem like a minor annoyance. But these tiny insects, with their taste for human blood, are increasingly appearing in areas where they were…
2,800-year-old temple discovery points to mysterious Bronze Age rituals
Archaeologists excavating a field in Brandenburg have uncovered an extraordinary square structure dating back almost 2,800 years — and evidence suggests it may have been the setting for communal feasts,…
