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/ 10 months agoThe tools in a medieval Japanese healer’s toolkit: from fortunetelling and exorcism to herbal medicines
In medieval Japan, healing might mean taking medicine, undergoing an exorcism or sidestepping harm in the first place by avoiding inauspicious...
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/ 10 months agoAltitude sickness is typically mild but can sometimes turn very serious − a high-altitude medicine physician explains how to safely prepare
Whether you’re ascending to high altitudes for casual travel or for adventure tourism, there are specific strategies to help you acclimate...
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/ 10 months agoMeasles is one of the deadliest and most contagious infectious diseases – and one of the most easily preventable
A pediatrician and preventive medicine physician explains how measles vaccines became victims of their own success and the risk that rising...
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/ 10 months agoCOVID-19 rapid tests still work against new variants – researchers keep ‘testing the tests,’ and they pass
Research shows that rapid antigen tests are performing as well at detecting the most recent dominant variants as they did with...
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/ 10 months agoIs the United States overestimating China’s power?
Most Americans see China as the biggest threat to the US. But away from headline economic figures, China has a slew...
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/ 10 months agoYes, Trump’s PACs really can pay his legal fees
Trump-aligned political action committees have paid lawyers for the former president tens of millions of dollars. Are there any limits on...
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/ 10 months agoWhat does a state’s secretary of state do? Most run elections, a once-routine job facing increasing scrutiny
There are dozens of secretaries of state in the US. Only one deals with foreign affairs. The majority of the rest,...
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/ 10 months agoThis is Texas hold ‘em – why Texas is fighting the US government to secure its border with Mexico
Texans’ belief in their state’s exceptionalism has helped fuel support for the Republican state government trying to take border security and...
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/ 10 months agoCaitlin Clark’s historic scoring record shines a spotlight on the history of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
Before being pushed aside by the NCAA, the AIAW, which was designed for and by women, governed women’s college athletics.
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/ 10 months agoHow Russia has managed to shake off the impact of sanctions – with a little help from its friends
The US has imposed another round of sanctions following the death of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. But will it work?
