Health

Popular culture tends to focus on a few elements of pregnancy: morning sickness, the growing baby bump, and, of course, mood swings. But that ignores more dangerous, less well-known conditions associated with pregnancy.…

A number of technologies and tools got a chance to prove themselves for the first time in the context of COVID-19. Three researchers working in gene-based vaccines, wearable diagnostics and…

Just like other momentous occasions in history, a likely topic of future conversations is “Where were you when the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade?” As it turns out, I…

of supply chain issues. Reports of a scarcity of the menstrual product, used by millions of women in the U.S., have combined with general inflationary pressure on the price of goods to…

Historically, heat has received less attention than hazards such as hurricanes or wildfires, whose visible damage to physical property draws more attention. But as extreme heat has become more frequent, longer…

Almost two in five students enrolled in Utah colleges experienced food insecurity in 2021, according to a new report from Utahns Against Hunger, an anti-hunger nonprofit. Overall, 17.7% reported limited access to…

COVID-19 was the third-most-common cause of death between March 2020 and October 2021 in the U.S., behind only heart disease and cancer, according to a recent study. Older adults face…

The rates of new cases of obesity in elementary school children are higher and occurring earlier than they were a decade ago, according to a new study. Obesity in childhood…

The intimate relationship between health and the environment is becoming increasingly apparent and fragile as the climate crisis progresses. Globally, the effects of climate change are projected to induce at…

While innovations have contributed to the doubling of human life expectancy over the past century, there are significant disparities between countries. Populations in higher-income countries such as Spain, Switzerland, Italy…

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization eliminating the constitutional right to abortion immediately created a chaotic information environment for patients and providers. Very quickly,…

Nonprofit organizations are givers: we recruit like-minded staff and volunteers who give and give until they are spent. All too often burnout leads to poor performance and high staff turnover.…