Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

CDC restates recommendation for masks on planes, trains

U.S. health officials on Tuesday restated their recommendation that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses, despite a court ruling last month that struck down a national mask mandate on public transportation.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Science, law and the 'badly behaved' child

Mozart in the womb, learning French as a toddler, accelerated reading, maths for the gifted and talented … the list goes on and on. A brain-based approach to child-rearing can seem almost inescapable for the modern parent.

Medications

Pfizer to pay $491M to resolve drug marketing case (Update)

The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday that drugmaker Pfizer Inc. will pay almost $491 million to resolve an investigation into illegal marketing of the organ transplant drug Rapamune by a company Pfizer later acquired.

HIV & AIDS

Clergy can fight HIV on faith-friendly terms

The public health community has long struggled with how best to reduce HIV infection rates among black Americans, which is seven times that of whites. In a new paper in the journal PLoS ONE, a team of physicians and public ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Pregnancy during COVID-19

It's no secret that the risk related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) increases with age, making older adults more vulnerable than younger people.

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