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Anchor lead: Hearing is a simple number you should know, Elizabeth Tracey reports Hearing should be a reported number just like cholesterol. That’s according to Frank Lin, a hearing expert at Johns Hopkins, in a recent paper advocating for widespread …
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Anchor lead: A new treatment for those with methamphetamine use disorder points to how big a problem this has become, Elizabeth Tracey reports Methamphetamine use is responsible for a staggering number of drug overdoses in the western and midwestern United …
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Anchor lead: How worried should we be about new Covid-19 variants? Elizabeth Tracey reports Variants on the Covid-19 virus have popped up from at least three places around the world, scientists have found, with the potential for enhanced transmission person …
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Anchor lead: Why does air pollution reduce life expectancy? Elizabeth Tracey reports How does air pollution impact life expectancy? A recent study suggests exposure to air pollution may be a major factor accounting for differences in life expectancy among residents …
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Anchor lead: Will testing saliva for Covid-19 replace nasopharyngeal swabs? Elizabeth Tracey reports Testing saliva for Covid-19 has multiple advantages over the gold standard nasopharyngeal swab, two new studies report. Brian Garibaldi, a critical care medicine expert at Johns Hopkins, …
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Anchor lead: How does having two very effective vaccines complicate the vaccine picture worldwide? Elizabeth Tracey reports The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines currently being used against Covid-19 report 90%+ efficacy, but Sinovac, the Chinese vaccine currently being used in South …
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Anchor lead: Finding people who are willing to participate in vaccine clinical trials is becoming a problem, Elizabeth Tracey reports While the two vaccines currently being administered in the US are reaching millions, several more are still in clinical trials …
