Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House chief medical advisor, speaks during a briefing on COVID-19 at the White House on November 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images The nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said the U.S. is “certainly” still in the middle of a Covid-19 pandemic and he is […]
Monkeypox virus, illustration. Thom Leach | Science Photo Library | Getty Images In 2003, 47 people across six Midwestern states caught monkeypox from pet prairie dogs that were infected after they were housed with rodents imported from Ghana, Africa. Today’s outbreak, which has already infected more than 14,100 people in the U.S. and more than […]
New study looks to quantify the risk reduction associated with exercise. Exercise is good for you. Everyone knows that. Knowing that exercise has health benefits is one thing, but quantifying how and why exercise is good for you is a more challenging task. A study recently published in the British Medical Journal takes the approach […]
