health

Experts expected a new baby boom during the COVID-19 era, but the birth rate dropped instead. Experts say that this is a growing crisis for the country.

Baby Bust

Developments

One expert is calling the baby bust a "barometer of despair."

Experts: The United States’ Dropping Birth Rate is Becoming a “Crisis”

President Biden announced that the US will likely have enough coronavirus vaccines to inoculate every adult in the country by the end of May.

Speeding Up

Rx/Medicines

That's several months earlier than previously expected.

White House Says US Will Have Enough Vaccine For All Adults by May

A study shows that the coronavirus can directly attack and kill heart cells, potentially settling a longstanding scientific debate.

Direct Attack

Studies

Just when you thought the coronavirus couldn't get any worse.

Study: COVID-19 Can Kill Heart Cells

The Archdiocese of New Orleans just issued a dangerous statement calling the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine "morally compromised."

Get Vaccinated

To be clear, they're actually disagreeing with the Pope.

Catholic Archdiocese Calls COVID Vaccine “Morally Compromised”

Preliminary data suggests that the coronavirus variant P.1 is capable of reinfecting people who already survived COVID-19.

Mask Up

"It's right to be worried about P.1, and this data gives us the reason why."

New P.1 Strain Can Re-Infect People Who Already Caught COVID

Vaccination passports could allow immunized people to travel or re-enter society, but many people in already-vulnerable groups would be excluded.

Special Pass

Could vaccination passports be a "dystopian nightmare for millions"?

Expert: Vaccination Passports Could Become a “Dystopian Nightmare”

Simon Kindleysides, who's paralyzed from the waist down, walked over 100 miles in a powered exoskeleton during February to raise money for the NHS.

Mission Complete

Robotics/Prosthetics

He walked as far as the suit's battery would allow every day.

Paralyzed Man Walks More Than 100 Miles in Powered Exoskeleton

A company Brain Scientific is developing an "e-tattoo" that can be injected under the skin in epilepsy patients and scan their brains for looming seizures.

Head Tattoos

Devices

Thought you'd never get a head tattoo? Think again.

This Startup Wants to Tattoo Brain-Reading Electrodes on Your Skull

The rats that survive eradication attempts could have sickly offspring — or they could produce "super rats" that are even harder to kill.

The Rat Race

We're all stuck in a digital "Skinner Box," researchers say. 

Study: Social Media Turns Us Into Hungry Rats Basically

A team at Carnegie Mellon University has released an app that they say can determine whether you likely have COVID-19 — just by listening to your voice.

Stalling For Time

“Now is not the time to relax restrictions.”

U.S. COVID Case Decline Has Stalled, Researchers Warn

Zoom, the increasingly-popular video conferencing program, has extremely flawed cybersecurity in place. Companies like SpaceX have already banned it.