Health

A mobile testing station on Staten Island in New York City.Credit…Stephanie Keith for The New York Times More Americans are getting tested for coronavirus than ever before — and that could mean more surprise medical bills. Congress wrote rules in March that aimed to make coronavirus testing free for all …

Ever heard the quote, “hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work?” Originally said by NBA all-star, Kevin Durant, this is a perfect example of utilizing a growth mindset — meaning your success can be cultivated by your efforts. When you operate from the opposite perspective (called a fixed mindset) …

“Il est devenu clair que les masques en tissu, même s’ils ne sont pas aussi efficaces que les FFP2, permettent quand même de réduire la transmission”, dit Linsey Marr, une experte en aérosolisation à l’université Virginia Tech. “Même si vous n’atteignez pas une réduction de 95%, c’est toujours mieux que …

Just as the country cannot seem to agree on whether to wear masks or stay six feet apart, there are also disagreements bubbling up over how to celebrate Thanksgiving. To gather or not to gather? Masks or no masks? Is everyone invited or only a select few? Strong opinions can …

Female obstetricians are less likely than their male colleagues to perform cesarean sections, a review of studies has found. Researchers pooled data from 15 studies from around the world covering more than 1.2 million births supervised by female and male doctors, plus 11 studies that used hypothetical scenarios to assess …

If you’re looking for a competition where you don’t have to worry about whether the losers will concede, you might try the Genius Dog Contest. Starting on Wednesday at 1 p.m. Eastern time and continuing until Monday, Nov. 16, the contest, which is also a scientific experiment, will be live-streamed …

Serotonin is a funny one. Although the prevailing sentiment is that we want to “increase serotonin,” it’s not that simple. There’s no indication that more serotonin is necessarily better in every situation, or even generally. The link between serotonin and “happiness” or “mood” isn’t so clear-cut as the experts would …

Humans are hardwired to crave certainty. Psychologists argue that it’s an innate need, programmed into our biology and reinforced through evolution. Understanding our environment allows us to predict, with some degree of accuracy, what will happen in the future. From an ancestral perspective, certainty allows us, theoretically, to avoid danger, …

On Monday, Vice President Mike Pence said on Twitter that the news came “thanks to the public-private partnership forged” by Mr. Trump. In July, Pfizer got a $ 1.95 billion deal with the government’s Operation Warp Speed, the multiagency effort to rush a vaccine to market, to deliver 100 million …