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By now, most people are familiar with the typical way of administering the Covid-19 vaccine: a quick blow on the upper arm. However, there is one lesser-known part of the body where the vaccine has been approved for injection: the…

A better approach would be to have a trustworthy person address the root cause of hesitation - fear, suspicion, misunderstanding, easy access, or a desire for more information, said Mary Politi, an expert on health decisions and…

Brazil's right-wing populist President Jair Bolsonaro despised the public health guidelines, insisting that lockdowns and mobility restrictions would pose a greater threat to the country's weak economy. Brazil now has one of the world's…

If you stand on the summit at night and turn off the flashlight, all you will see is diamond dots shimmering in the dark. At this moment you are floating unbound in an endless pool of ink. The inevitable rumble of the blackened earth…

WASHINGTON - The growing risk of overlapping heat waves and power outages poses a serious threat that major American cities are unprepared for.Power outages have increased more than 60 percent since 2015, despite climate change making heat…

However, in the early 1980s, MDMA fled the clinic to the dance floor, where it became known as ecstasy. In 1985 the Drug Enforcement Administration criminalized MDMA as a List I substance, defined as "currently unaccepted medical use and…

In October of 2016, the remains of three murder victims, dead for three decades, were laid to rest in Newton County, a rural corner of Indiana.Two were young men, likely teenagers, the victims of a serial killer in 1983. The third was a…

When you are in the Chimanimani Mountains, it is difficult to reconcile your present serenity with your troubled past. Huge walls of gray stone rise from the valleys above dense deciduous forests. Old rock paintings, which were made by…

Pelé, Dolly Parton and the Dalai Lama have little in common: for a few days in March, they became the latest celebrity case studies on the health benefits of Covid-19 vaccines."I just want to tell all the cowards out there, don't be such a…

An Egyptian mummy, believed to be a male priest for decades, was recently discovered as a pregnant woman, making it the first known case of its kind, scientists said.Scientists in Poland made the discovery when they conducted a…