Category Health & Wellness

Jess Mador, WABE On a sunny weekday in Atlanta, a small crowd of people gathered for a rally outside of a labor union headquarters building. The event, put together by Atlanta-area Democratic U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams, was attended mostly by…

The genetic testing and information company, 23andMe, announced on March 23 that it has filed for bankruptcy, after years of financial struggles and data privacy concerns. Filing for bankruptcy will allow the company “to facilitate a sale process to maximize…

In the Țarcu mountains of Romania, a pioneering experiment is changing the atmosphere around rewilding. Starting in 2014, around 100 European bison were gradually reintroduced to the area, having been wiped out by hunting more than 200 years ago. They…

Lindsey Vonn just became the oldest woman to make it to the podium at an alpine world cup, proving once again that second acts are the new retirement. The athlete, who is all of 40, took home the silver medal…

We too found the “outside the box” thinking in Alexander Masters’ long read (Many life-saving drugs fail for lack of funding. But there’s a solution: desperate rich people, 11 March) interesting. And we concur with Prof Roger Bayston’s views on…

GENEVA — GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday that the sudden loss of American money has been “devastating” for efforts to stop HIV and will cost many lives of the world’s most vulnerable people.…

Alison Holt Social affairs editor BBC Phil Brown was able to get an ultrasound scan quickly and easily in a Barnsley shopping centre “That was really quick – straight in, straight out,” says Phil Brown as he leaves a smart…

A week after Donald J. Trump was inaugurated, a senior scientist at the National Institutes of Health was preparing to give an invited talk at a scientific meeting when an urgent call came in from an administrative assistant. There is…

Some things are better treated before they even begin—aging skin included. Source link

Patients and parents speak out after Chicago’s Lurie Children’s Hospital joined other hospitals in stopping gender-affirming surgeries after an executive order threatening loss of federal funding. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: In the flurry of executive orders issued by President Trump, there…