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Topic: Health (page 26)

PCR testing site for COVID-19 variants at a new test facility at Tom Bradley International Terminal (Terminal B) that health officials hope will help them spot new variants that may emerge from passengers arriving from other countries at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The CDC has stopped tracking COVID cases

Nicole Karlis
Plastic bag drifting in the botnia Gulf on May 3, 2023 near Pietarsaari, during the late spring as the sea-ice is slowly melting. (OLIVIER MORIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Hope for the plastic pollution crisis

Matthew Rozsa
Farmer spraying pesticides at a tobacco farm (Getty Images/Vithun Khamsong)

How forever chemicals get into our food

Matthew Rozsa
Man standing on the edge of syringe needle (Getty Images/Boris Zhitkov)

Is "pre-addiction" really a thing?

Troy Farah
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Doctor helping patient use their inhaler (Getty Images/Terry Vine)

Why are autoimmune diseases so common?

Nicole Karlis
Garbage, pollution (Getty Images)

Oregon bans PFAS in food containers

Joseph Winters - Grist
Senior woman screaming and her friends looking surprised (Getty Images/FG Trade)

The plight of the interrupters

Matthew Rozsa
Woman fanning herself (Getty Images/David Sacks)

The taboo against menopause talk

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Man standing alone in space (Getty Images/Yagi Studio)

Why loneliness is as deadly as smoking

Matthew Rozsa
Stressed Depressed Kid (Getty Images/ridvan_celik)

We're all weirdos in "Anxious Nation"

Matthew Rozsa
Tylenol | Pregnant woman's belly (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Is Tylenol really causing birth defects?

Matthew Rozsa
Malik Jaffer, lead nurse, prepares a syringe with a Covid-19 vaccine, at the Peoples Congregational United Church of Christ, the site of the Ward 4 DC Covid Center, in Washington, D.C. on March 31, 2023. (Eric Lee for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

We can't keep up with COVID's mutations

Troy Farah
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Attendees listen during the 22nd session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, focusing on "Indigenous Peoples, human health, planetary and territorial health and climate change: a rights-based approach" at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on April 20, 2023. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Indigenous health tied to environment

Pauly Denetclaw - Grist
Doctor marking the human skin for surgery (Getty Images/BraunS)

The most dangerous cosmetic surgery

Pamela Appea
Plastic particles on finger tip (JOKER / Alexander Stein/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Microplastics messing with our hormones

Nicole Karlis
Lady on smartphone in bed (Getty Images/Sergey Mironov)

Social Media adds to weight loss craze

Darius Tahir, Hannah Norman - KFF Health News
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Spring blossom pollen (Getty Images/mammuth)

Why are allergies so bad this spring?

Nicole Karlis
French Fries (Getty Images / Mark Tan / EyeEm)

French fries may be linked to depression

Joy Saha
A protester holds up a placard demanding research into Long Covid-19 during the demonstration. (Martin Pope/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Is long COVID a ticking time bomb?

Philip Finkelstein
Sad woman lying on sofa at home (Getty Images/Maria Korneeva)

In the brain, loneliness is like hunger

Nicole Karlis
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Chef spreading flour on pizza dough (Getty Images/IMAGINESTOCK)

Celiac disease is on the rise. Why?

Nicole Karlis
Members of P.A.I.N. (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now) and Truth Pharm staged a protest on September 12, 2019 outside Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, over their recent controversial opioid settlement. Participants dropped hundreds prescription bottles of OxyContin while holding tombstones with the names of opioids casualties and banners reading "Shame on Sackler" and "200 Dead Each Day". (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Biden quiet on opioid settlements

Aneri Pattani - KFF Health News
Distracted child (Getty Images/AHMET YARALI)

The dark history of the ADHD diagnosis

Matthew Rozsa
Kid holding ice cream cone melting in hot summer (Getty Images/Artur Debat)

Could ice cream be . . . healthy?

Duane Mellor - The Conversation
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