by NIAAH Editors | Mar 8, 2022 | Our Health
Chaseedaw Giles February 16, 2022 Though I grew up in Roxbury, “the heart of Black culture in Boston,” I now live in Los Angeles, where I typically shop for groceries at Whole Foods Market or Trader Joe’s. Their produce is fresh, green, abundant. Organic options...
by NIAAH Editors | Mar 8, 2022 | Our Health
Monica Dus, University of Michigan People typically think of food as calories, energy and sustenance. However, the latest evidence suggests that food also “talks” to our genome, which is the genetic blueprint that directs the way the body functions down to the...
by NIAAH Editors | Feb 28, 2022 | Our Health
Alexis Karteron, Rutgers University – Newark President Joe Biden made good on his promise to nominate the first Black female justice to the Supreme Court when he announced that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was his choice on Feb. 25, 2022. Jackson is currently a...
by NIAAH Editors | Feb 28, 2022 | Our Health
COVID guidelines have changed a lot over the past few years as the pandemic has ebbed and flowed. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Michael Williams, University of Virginia No one gave a second thought to the safety of dining out before the pandemic. Fast-forward to today, and it’s...
by NIAAH Editors | Feb 24, 2022 | NIAAH Scholars
Deborah Fuller, University of Washington The two most successful coronavirus vaccines developed in the U.S. – the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines – are both mRNA vaccines. The idea of using genetic material to produce an immune response has opened up a world of research...
