KATHERINE ELLISON

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A rift over ‘profound autism’ reveals a community’s deeper divide

Amid a burgeoning neurodiversity movement, some say autistic children who are nonverbal and intellectually disabled are being left behind.

Could cancer become a chronic, treatable disease? For many, it already is.

For many Americans, cancer has become less an imminent threat than a chronic illness, serious but not necessarily deadly.

‘Sleep as medicine,’ or how to make a hospital stay less unhealthy

Some experts say sleep deprivation is a contributor to “post-hospital syndrome” — a term for the weakened immune systems, loss of body mass and other impairments that land many people back in a hospital soon after discharge.

Why aren’t there more ways to treat alcoholism?

Getting promising new medications into the hands of doctors and their patients has proved difficult.

A VA biobank is the largest source of genetic data on Black Americans

The Million Veteran Program holds data on over 150,000 Black Americans — more than any other source.

73 doctors and none available: How ghost networks hamper mental health care

A ghost network, a term commonly used by professionals, describes a panel of medical providers who for various reasons aren’t providing.

Could Kalo become the Smokey Bear-type mascot for pandemic hygiene?

Professor is convinced that her lab-coat-wearing raccoon character could inspire children — and their vaccine-reluctant parents — to adhere to coronavirus best-practices.

Q&A: Nearing 100, Deborah Szekely is still a wellness guru and role model

The co-founder of the health resorts Golden Door and Rancho la Puerta insists you don’t need to spend a lot to reap the benefits of a pampered retreat.

Activists with ADHD push for a world more friendly to those with the disorder

The YouTube entrepreneurs, who wear their diagnoses — and rare resilience — on their sleeves, are planning a virtual summit next May that’ll focus on the stigma they face.

Children’s mental health badly harmed by pandemic. Therapy is hard to find.

There aren’t enough psychiatrists, psychologists, developmental pediatricians or school psychologists to care for these kids, experts say.