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ARTICLES BY LISA JARVIS

Maternal deaths in the US more than doubled between 1999 and 2019, with American Indian, Alaska Native and African-American women faring much worse than other groups.

Rise in infant mortality shows that the US needs to take better care of its moms

3 min read . 13 Nov 2023

Perseverance counts: A Nobel for mRNA vaccines is welcome (AP)

Perseverance counts: A Nobel for mRNA vaccines is welcome

3 min read . 03 Oct 2023

Kids should not have free rein with TikTok and Snapchat, nor should parents be unaware of their tweens’ and teens’ inner lives.

Avoid helicopter parenting in the age of digital surveillance

3 min read . 01 Oct 2023

A more realistic hope is that researchers can one day offer physicians a how-to manual for long covid with a battery of tests to pinpoint what’s gone wrong and, ideally, treatments. (REUTERS)

A study in the US has brought us closer to curing long covid

3 min read . 29 Sep 2023

AlphaMissense is meant to be an additional filter when a researcher is confronted with a long list of possible mutations.

Google’s AlphaFold has a new tool to track genetic mutations

3 min read . 22 Sep 2023

The potential threat of weight loss drugs to alcohol demand comes as the alcohol industry is flying high on pandemic-driven growth and renewed interest in premium spirits, wine and beer. (HT_PRINT)

Weight-loss drugs may reduce the appeal of alcoholic drinks

3 min read . 06 Sep 2023

Advances in technology are bringing researchers tantalizingly close to restoring the ability to speak to those who have lost it, whether because of stroke, paralysis or a disease like ALS.

Hi-tech brain implants could help overcome loss of speech

3 min read . 28 Aug 2023

Unpacking why women are drinking more should shape public health experts’ strategy for reversing the trend. (HT_PRINT)

Alcohol marketers mustn’t set the image of liberated women

3 min read . 20 Aug 2023

Our genes partly explain why covid infects people so differently.

The role of genes in our covid vulnerability could be of help

3 min read . 24 Jul 2023

Viagra has led to more emergency cases in the US than mifepristone. reuters

Abortion rights in the US are under fire from multiple sides

3 min read . 23 May 2023

Lisa Jarvi is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering biotech, health care and the pharmaceutical industry. (Photo: istockphoto)

We don’t know enough about social media’s impact on brains

3 min read . 11 May 2023

A veterinary sedative called xylazine is America’s latest scare (Photo; iStock)

The US mustn’t forget lessons taught by its opioid epidemic

3 min read . 24 Apr 2023

A judge has second-guessed the US FDA’s view of mifepristone’s safety

The Texas abortion pill ruling threatens pharma innovation

3 min read . 13 Apr 2023

Karuna Therapeutics’ drug moves the needle closer to holistic treatment

Schizophrenia treatment may finally be worth talking about

3 min read . 23 Mar 2023

Aera’s approach is very early and could ultimately fail

New delivery mechanisms for genetic therapy will do us good

4 min read . 23 Feb 2023

There has been an exodus of credible voices from Twitter

Science Twitter needs a new home but it is not clear where

3 min read . 26 Dec 2022

The drug also seemed to slow the erosion of patients’ quality of life.

We must temper celebrations over the new Alzheimer’s drug

4 min read . 01 Dec 2022

Weight-loss shots can achieve blockbuster sales but remain controversial ( istockphoto)

New drugs for weight loss work but will insurers pick up bills?

4 min read . 10 Nov 2022

America’s rush for RNA jab adaptation to variants has been controversial (Photo: AP)

Give vaccine boosters aimed at Omicron variants a chance

4 min read . 30 Oct 2022

Reluctance to take booster jabs could give the pandemic a shot at survival (Photo: Reuters)

Covid variants shouldn’t alarm us but let’s resist complacency

3 min read . 24 Oct 2022