Health

The recent reports look quite promising but the need for caution persists, so don’t break out the champagne quite yet. We now have press releases concerning the development and efficacy of 2 promising COVID-19 vaccines (as well as just-breaking news about the Oxford COVID vaccine which shows special promise in…

If you’ve been in a relationship long enough, chances are you and your partner or spouse are likely to have a deep influence on each other: you likely share norms, experiences, and inside jokes that the rest of the world may not understand. And now, a new study out of…

These have been hard times for everyone. But women, in particular, seem to be in many ways disproportionately affected by the COVID crisis. In essence, the burdens imposed by the pandemic have been significantly borne by women when it comes to caregiving, childcare, work exposure to COVID, domestic violence, and…

No doubt many of us are on the hunt for entertaining distractions these days, as COVID cases pick up, outdoor social engagements drop off, and threats of quarantine once again hang in the air. While movies and books may lure you in, for many of us there’s nothing better than…

Let’s face it: assuming you’ve been able to maintain your health and financial resources, one of the few sources of pleasure you likely have these days is food. While eating at a restaurant continues to be a potential source of risk during COVID, deciding what to eat at home, either…

To many of us, it feels like a right of passage: the older we get, the more ongoing are the aches and pains that remind us of our age and how our body is (or is not) coping. If you feel this way, new data from the CDC confirms you’re…