Almost everyone is familiar with the sensation of tossing and turning in bed, finding sleep elusive. For some, that’s a rare event. For others, it’s every night. There are myriad reasons. Biology. Time of life. Illnesses. But for most people, there are ways to improve both the quantity and quality of sleep. These strategies take […]
On Jan. 1, 2020, public health officials in the United States woke up to the news of a strange new virus in China. They didn’t know what to make of it, but at Columbia University in Manhattan, Dr. Ian Lipkin was already nervous. Lipkin, a virologist, had spent his career studying pathogens and hoping to […]
A person with active tuberculosis visited 26 schools in the Las Vegas area over more than a year, exposing over 600 people to the infectious respiratory disease. Public health officials launched an investigation this month into whether tuberculosis, which takes time to incubate, spread across the desert community during that period. School officials have begun […]
Scientists are narrowing in on the fastest-growing COVID-19 variant, learning more about the strain that has coincided with a rise in cases as Americans head into the holidays. The JN.1 variant now accounts for more than one-fifth of all cases, based on estimates Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the CDC’s […]
