by Lindsay Smith Rogers, Johns Hopkins University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Last year’s “tripledemic” of flu, COVID-19 and RSV left many of us wary of what the coming respiratory virus season might bring. But this year’s landscape is already different, with new vaccines and treatments, like the game-changing antibody that protects kids from RSV, offering new...
by DeeDee Stiepan Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Cluster headaches aren’t that common, but they are extremely painful. And they often occur during the fall season. A cluster headache is a rare headache disorder that differs from a typical migraine or headache. Less than 1% of the population have cluster headaches, but for those people, it’s an intense experience because the...
by University of Rhode Island An adult deertick. Credit: University of Rhode Island TickEncounter If you’re a hiker or just love the outdoors, fall is probably your favorite season. Temperatures are cooler but still warm enough, days are still long, and for the most part, bugs are less of a pest. But as you get...
