Nathan Posner/Shutterstock On Monday, Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Robert Kennedy published an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal announcing a change that will profoundly affect vaccination efforts in the U.S.: the unprecedented dismissal of all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). “Vaccines have become a divisive issue in American...
TikTok Nobody wants to think about their child — any child — being abused. *TRIGGER WARNING: Childhood sexual abuse* While nobody likes to think about abuse, it’s nevertheless important for children and their parents to be aware of the danger. Teaching kids about inappropriate touch, and the importance of being able to talk to safe...
NickyLloyd/E+/Getty Images In some ways, it feels as though COVID has been a part of our lives forever. But in fact it’s only (“only”) been five years. While those years have been long indeed, in terms of scientific research and discovery, it’s the proverbial blink of an eye compared to our research on more established...
TikTok Across the country, schoolchildren are fully in “end of year” mode. They’re coming home from school wet from field day water games with backpacks stuffed to the gills with papers, books, and art projects that have been accumulating in their desks for nine months. And it’s basically understood that after that last big test...