Health
Palm Springs to still require masks for anyone indoors until California changes policy
By Ema Sasic | Desert Sun The city of Palm Springs announced Friday it will continue to follow current face covering guidelines in place from the California Department of Public Health “unt...
Four Ways HIV Activists Have Saved Lives During COVID
We owe these early fighters a debt of gratitude for transforming our response to public health crises. By Monica Gandhi | POZ What a whirlwind. It’s been just over a year since the World Health Organi...
NIH Experts Call for Accelerated Research on Concurrent HIV and COVID-19 Pandemics
Questions remain about whether people with HIV are more at risk for severe COVID-19, as evidence to date is mixed. By National Institutes of Health via POZ The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting peo...
Monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19
Patients Stories | Mayo Clinic | PHARMATIVE One of the most remarkable things about COVID-19 is how quickly physicians and scientists were able to respond and develop effective treatment for the disea...
Family Physicians and HIV Media Boost Confidence in Accessing Care
Black and Latino bisexual adults in this small survey had the lowest confidence in accessing HIV care and prevention services. By Heather Boerner | POZ Confidence in accessing HIV care and prevention ...
Meditate Now! The Best Meditation Apps
By Alex Arpaia | Wirecutter If you’d like to learn to meditate, or keep up with a practice, a meditation app on your phone can help. After talking to meditation experts from the UCLA Mindfulness Aware...
Nature’s 9 Most Powerful Medicinal Plants and the Science Behind Them
By Debra Rose Wilson | Healthline Today, we live in a time when manufactured medicines and prescriptions prevail, but do they have to be the only approach to healing? Even with all of these engineered...
Cleveland Clinic Unveils Top 10 Medical Innovations For 2021
In December of 2020, Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech each successfully developed two COVID-19 messenger RNA vaccines with 95% efficacy in the prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...
Why is Topical Salicylic Acid Prescribed by Pharmacists?
Topical salicylic acid is used to help clear and prevent pimples and skin blemishes in people who have acne. Topical salicylic acid is also used to treat skin conditions that involve scaling or overgr...