According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, men in the United States, on average, die five years earlier than women. They also die at higher rates from the three…
Sarah BishopJune 1, 2021
The American Rescue Plan Act (the latest COVID-19 relief package) is making health insurance more affordable. Depending on your income, you could pay as little as $0/month for a quality…
Paula SunshineMay 10, 2021
My niece, age seven, hasn’t had any friends over for play dates in a year. So, she invented new ones: sprites she calls her “cousins” — imaginary creatures who flit…
Mara HughesApril 23, 2021
My husband and I are expecting our third child, a baby boy, this July, and we couldn’t be more excited. However, being pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a…
Monique MuldoonApril 15, 2021
“Shots in arms.” That’s the phrase I keep hearing in news stories about the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines. And usually those stories are about how we need to get…
Stephen Higgins MD, FAAPMarch 29, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended many things in our lives, including elective medical procedures. Many people are putting off these procedures, which has caused a troubling decline in cancer screenings,…
Dr. Nuria Lopez-PajaresMarch 29, 2021
There are a lot of people right now discussing COVID-19 “vaccine hesitancy” among Black people. I have a problem with framing it this way, as I’ll explore in this post.…
Danielle M. ParksMarch 22, 2021
The last time I saw my adult children in person, it was January 2020. After more than a year, we have gotten used to virtual get-togethers. I was hesitant at…
Dr. Heidi J. SyropoulosMarch 18, 2021
Many people find COVID-19 face masks physically uncomfortable or challenging to wear for a variety of reasons. Yet wearing these masks in public — and wearing them correctly — is…
Stephen Higgins MD, FAAPMarch 16, 2021
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