Health

Health
Do we need vaccine passports?
John Donvan hosts the debate featuring UCLA history professor Peter Baldwin and ACLU senior policy analyst Jay Stanley.
Post-pandemic life in the office: What will our workspaces look like?
Guest host Chris Farrell examined how offices and coworking spaces have adapted throughout the pandemic and what work might look like when employees begin a return to the office.
Major change to Minnesota medical cannabis law approved
On the last day of the legislative session the House and Senate passed a bill to allow people in Minnesota’s medical cannabis program to smoke marijuana. Supporters say the move will significantly cut the cost of medical marijuana.
Cancel the Olympics, says Tokyo doctors association
Tokyo-area hospitals "have their hands full," the Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association says in an open letter to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. The group represents some 6,000 primary care doctors.
Racism derails Black men's health, even as education levels rise
For most people, more education leads to better health. Not so for Black men. Researchers say discrimination's power in harming their health may be more persistent than previously understood.
Get vaccinated, don't just hope for herd immunity, scientists say
Researchers say the herd immunity threshold isn't the right finish line to end the pandemic. Instead, the public should just focus on getting as many people vaccinated as possible.
As mask mandates disappear, business owners left to make and enforce their own rules
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new guidance that it's safe for fully vaccinated people to go without masks, even indoors, has led to a confusing situation for businesses, which now have to decide what to do on their own.