Sarah Boden

~UserGI15966731/iStockphoto/Getty Images For decades, doctors have warned Americans not to overindulge in fast food. So it was striking to see the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sit down to a burger and fries on national […]

RFK Jr and Fox’s Sean Hannity munched on french fries at Steak N’ Shake this week. The company has started frying its frozen fries in beef tallow, which Kennedy says is healthier, but is it? {Superspot for Friday ME by

Wide shot rear view of business people crossing downtown street during evening commute Thomas Barwick/Digital Vision/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Thomas Barwick/Digital Vision/Getty Images Like many Americans, Pittsburgh-area resident Josh Lucas wishes the time change didn’t have to happen.

Pile of objects accumulated in someone’s home including clothing and outdoor equipment, household objects, and old electronics. trekandshoot/iStock / Getty Images Plus hide caption toggle caption trekandshoot/iStock / Getty Images Plus A dozen people seated around folding tables clap heartily

Much of the NIH-funded research on long COVID has focused on observing and understanding the disease. Some patients and doctors say the research should pivot toward finding new treatments and drugs. Source link Sarah Boden

Much of the NIH-funded research on long COVID has focused on observing and understanding the disease. Some patients and doctors say the research should pivot toward finding new treatments and drugs. Source link Sarah Boden

Erica Hayes, 40, sits on her sofa with a box where she keeps the medical supplies she needs to manage her long COVID symptoms, which include chronic fatigue, irregular heart rate, low blood pressure, hives, migraines and internal tremors. Sarah

Access to medical abortion pills could be restricted under the incoming Trump presidency. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption toggle caption Charlie Neibergall/AP As millions of Americans were waking up last Wednesday morning to learn that Donald Trump won the presidency, it

U.S. flu vaccines were redesigned after an influenza strain disappeared globally. Physical distancing and masking during the early days of COVID likely pushed the strain into oblivion. Source link Sarah Boden

People getting the flu shot this year will be vaccinated against three commonly circulating strains instead of four, after one went extinct during the pandemic. Mark J. Terrill/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark J. Terrill/AP This year’s flu shot will