Health and Fitness

You’ve been feeling exhausted, depleted and disengaged from work for a while now. Is it job stress? Or is it burnout? The terms “stress” and “burnout” are sometimes used interchangeably. They exist on the same spectrum, but there are some...

Ah, the world of ASMR: Whispers. Mic scratches. Crackles. Tingles. ... And a whole lot of white people. ASMR stands for autonomous sensory meridian response, a tingling sensation that occurs when some people hear soft noises, such as whispering or...

Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, offered a sobering warning earlier this month as the weather in the United States begins to cool and flu season is looming: Americans need to stop looking at the “rosy side of...

One in five people could be walking around with “silent” COVID-19, according to a study published in the journal Thorax, leading researchers to suggest these people may act as an important driver of viral spread in the community.Lead author Sung-Han...

People who go to therapy have a variety of methods for processing and implementing the lessons they learn from their discussions with mental health professionals. One approach that has gained traction is recording therapy sessions and then listening back to...

The spring and summer months made it easy — whatever “easy” means during a global pandemic — to have relatively safe social gatherings outdoors, where the coronavirus does not spread as easily. As we face the fall and winter months,...

Wearing a face mask is one of the best ways to protect our community from the Covid-19 pandemic. This is especially critical for the health and well-being of the teachers, staff and students who recently returned to the classroom. In...

Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, confirmed what the science has been telling us all along about the effectiveness of face masks — that they’re currently our best bet at getting a handle on the...

Growing up in South Korea, Jamie Cho knew from childhood that if she got sick, she had to put a face mask on, even if it was just a common cold.“My parents told me it was to keep myself and...