Medications

Psilocybin and mental health

Humans have long capitalized on the metabolic products of fungi for medical purposes (e.g., penicillin). Psilocybin is a fungal metabolite that has attracted increased attention from media outlets, clinicians and researchers ...

Health

Public health policy conversations should include nurses

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical role nurses play in health care—millions of nurses worldwide have been essential administers of care on the front lines of the global health crisis. Yet in debate around ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Why monkeypox may soon get a new name

Monkeypox may soon have a new name after scientists called for a change to dispel stereotypes of Africa being seen as a crucible of disease.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

'Alarming' COVID subvariants and the power of hybrid immunity

Jacob Lemieux, an infectious disease specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital and instructor at Harvard Medical School, said this week that recent COVID data out of South Africa is "alarming," as the omicron subvariants ...

Health

Study: Fox viewers more likely to believe COVID falsehoods

People who trust Fox News Channel and other media outlets that appeal to conservatives are more likely to believe falsehoods about COVID-19 and vaccines than those who primarily go elsewhere for news, a study has found.

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