Higher Humidity in Buildings Can Help Lower Infections
Harvard Medical School graduate and pediatric oncologist Stephanie Taylor, MD once took care of children with cancer at a teaching hospital. She wondered why many of her young patients contracted infections, such as influenza, despite…
CONTINUE READINGVitamin A Shipped to Samoa
Health officials in Samoa, assisted by international health organizations, have struggled to manage a surge in measles and apparent deaths…
Samoan Government Arrests “Anti-Vaxxer” as Measles Campaign Widens
On Dec. 5, 2019, the Samoan government reportedly arrested a “vocal antivaccination campaigner” and charged him with “incitement” as the…
California Special Ed Spending Up 20 Percent to $13 Billion
California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) has issued a report revealing that public spending on special education students in California has…
Millennials Are Sick and Getting Sicker, Increasing Health Care Costs
A recent report by Moody’s Analytics found that Americans born between 1981 and 1996—”Millennials”—are suffering from poorer physical and mental…
Intermittent Fasting to Curb Inflammation
Story Highlights Unresolved inflammation is common to many chronic conditions and autoimmune disorders including cancer, diabetes type 2, rheumatoid arthritis,…
Scientists Find Chronic Brain Inflammation in Children With Autism
Story Highlights A new study out of Tufts University suggests that inflammation may be the “main driver” in the development…