An international effort has revealed that an individual’s genetic inheritance can indeed influence their risk of infection and the severity of disease. Co-authors reported in Nature that more than a dozen parts of the human genome were linked with either enhanced...
Catt Sadler shared surprising news with fans on Tuesday: She has a breakthrough COVID-19 infection — and she’s stressing the importance of getting vaccinated against the virus. The entertainment reporter, who said she’s fully vaccinated, revealed her...
Hot climate + cold society = formula for disaster. A decades-old body of research has established that extreme heat hits low-income neighborhoods and communities of color the hardest. They are disproportionately likely to live in buildings with poor ventilation and...
Growing up the daughter of an emergency room pediatrician and a registered nurse, Zoe Reich thought she understood as a person of color the extent that systematic racism led to health disparities. But it wasn’t until she was a student at the Rutgers-New Brunswick...
NIH and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy are organizing a series of publicly broadcast listening sessions to get feedback from patient advocacy groups, industry leaders, scientific professional organizations and other stakeholders to contribute...
