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...
by NIAAH Editors | Feb 22, 2022 | Medical Experts & Research, Our Health
James Dillard, Penn State In the recent film “Don’t Look Up,” two astronomers learn that a comet is on track to collide with Earth and destroy human civilization. When they try to sound the alarm, all manner of obstacles get in their way. In the end, well, you’ll have...
by NIAAH Editors | Jan 30, 2022 | Medical Experts & Research, Our Health
Laurie Archbald-Pannone, University of Virginia People are understandably worn out, tired of thinking about COVID-19 and wanting to get back to a true normal. This so-called “pandemic fatigue” is real. But it’s also contributing to lapses in COVID-19 precautions and...
by NIAAH Editors | Jan 9, 2022 | Our Health
Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Their guest, he said, was his “soul brother.” “He has...
by NIAAH Editors | Dec 3, 2021 | Medical Experts & Research, Our Health
Suresh V. Kuchipudi, Penn State A new variant named omicron (B.1.1.529) was reported by researchers in South Africa on Nov. 24, 2021, and designated a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization two days later. Omicron is very unusual in that it is by far...
by NIAAH Editors | Dec 3, 2021 | NIAAH Scholars, Research
Joya Misra, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Alexandra Kuvaeva, University of Maryland; Audrey J. Jaeger, North Carolina State University; Dawn Culpepper, University of Maryland, and KerryAnn O’Meara, University of Maryland College faculty members are...
by NIAAH Editors | Nov 6, 2021 | NIAAH Certified Providers, NIAAH Scholars
Eric Kyere, IUPUI Some critics of Black Lives Matter say the movement itself is racist. Their frequent counterargument: All lives matter. Lost in that view, however, is a historical perspective. Look back to the late 18th century, to the very beginnings of the U.S.,...
by NIAAH Editors | Nov 6, 2021 | Research
Sierra Carter, Georgia State University The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea I’m part of a research team that has been following more than 800 Black American families for almost 25 years. We found that people who had...