Such exams have limitations, but they could serve as useful screening tools. If you want to try one, there are things to consider.
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Inside a city’s struggle to vaccinate gay Black men for monkeypox
From clubs to church, a gay Black health worker fights to close one of the nation’s widest racial disparities in monkeypox vaccinations.
NIH lecture to delve into racism of mental health care in the South
Medical historian Kylie Smith has spent years studying history of racial segregation in psychiatric hospitals, particularly in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi.
I have terminal cancer. A houseplant is helping me confront mortality.
Watering the bamboo, as small an act as it was, connected me to a core part of my old identity and taught me I could still be a caregiver.
Why you, too, should dive into the joys of swimming in open water
It’s not too late this season to give it a try with these tips to guide you.
Obamacare can’t require coverage for some HIV drugs, federal judge rules
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that requiring coverage of an HIV prevention drug under the Affordable Care Act violates a Texas employer’s religious freedom.
FDA advisers recommend approval of controversial ALS drug
The vote increases the likelihood that the Food and Drug Administration will clear the first drug for the disease in five years.
10.5 million children lost a parent or caregiver because of covid, study says
Little has been done to care for children orphaned in the pandemic, warn authors of a global study.
U.S. plans to shift to annual coronavirus shots, similar to flu vaccine
White House says omicron-targeting boosters mark turning point in pandemic.
Desperate patients want a new ALS drug. The FDA is not sure it works.
The therapy is the latest to raise questions about how the FDA assesses drugs for devastating diseases, such as ALS and Alzheimer’s.
