Why would a mother reject safe, potentially lifesaving vaccines for her child? Popular writing on vaccine skepticism often denigrates white and middle-class mothers who reject some or all recommended vaccines…
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I’m a political scientist, and the Alabama Supreme Court’s IVF ruling turned me into a reproductive-rights refugee
The day before the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos created and used for in vitro fertilization are children, my wife, Gabby, and I were greenlighted by our doctors…
France’s Macron announces bill for assisted dying
Credit: CC0 Public Domain French President Emmanuel Macron will present a bill on assisted dying to go before parliament in May, he said in an interview published by French media…
11,000-year-old stone ornaments indicate early body perforation
Stone personal ornaments found in 11,000-year-old burials provide the earliest evidence of body perforation in South-west Asia. Archaeologists have uncovered 100 earring-like ornaments in 11,000-year-old adult burials at the early…
For people who speak many languages, there’s something special about their native tongue
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study of people who speak many languages has found that there is something special about how the brain processes their native language. In the…
Heart disease doesn’t have to keep you from donating blood
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As blood centers and hospitals face critically low levels of blood supplies, many people with heart disease may wonder if they can help by donating. For…
What patients need to know
Opill, the first-ever over-the-counter birth control pill, will be available in major retailers. Credit: Perrigo The first over-the-counter (OTC) birth control pill, Opill, will be available at pharmacies, convenience stores,…
Man vaccinated for COVID 217 times reports no side effects: scientists
Credit: Maksim Goncharenok from Pexels A German man who deliberately got vaccinated for COVID-19 a whopping 217 times did not report any side effects from his many jabs, according to…
Blood pressure control in veterans declined during the COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels A multi-institution team led by researchers at the White River Junction VA Medical Center in Vermont found that Veterans’ blood pressure control worsened due to…
