Sara Miller, Staff Writer at Live Science, and Claire Maldarelli, assistant editor at Popular Science, discuss a new study that suggests that men might not be exaggerating symptoms of the flu after all...they might actually suffer more than women!
Miller and Maldarelli weigh-in on the findings, which seem to come down to estrogen. Women, because they have more of the hormone, seem to have stronger immune defenses to respiratory illness.
Both writers also talk the discrepancies in the findings. Social constructs and regular doctor visits could proect against getting sick were not taken into account in the study.
A 67 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton sold at Christie's Auction House for a record-shattering $31.8 million. Cheddar's Chloe Aiello takes a look into the sale of the massive complete fossil and Christie's virtual auction process.
Democratic lawmakers are speaking out against a proposed Labor Department rule that they argue would make it harder for retirement funds to consider important environmental factors when making investment decisions.
Mindmed has entered a partnership with NYU Langone and will invest $5 million in psychedelic treatments. JR Rahn, Mindmed CEO, joined Cheddar to discuss how the company can help patients suffering from mental health issues and other illnesses like addiction.
U.S. Surgeon General, Jerome Adams, joined Cheddar to discuss why he feels Americans should trust in a coronavirus vaccine once it clears the protocols.
Grammy-winning singer Mary J. Blige, and Linda Goler Blount, CEO of the Black Women's Health Imperative, joined Cheddar to discuss a new Breast Cancer Month initiative encouraging Black women to get mammogram screenings.
Frenchwoman Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna developed a method known as CRISPR-cas9 that can be used to alter the DNA of animals, plants, and microorganisms.
Hurricane Delta is getting bigger fast and speeding up as it takes aim at Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
Julie Samuels, executive director at Tech: NY, joined Cheddar to discuss the COVID NY Alert app that will be used for contact tracing in New York.
The Food and Drug Administration has laid out its safety standards for developers of COVID-19 vaccines after the White House blocked their formal release.
The staggering scale of California’s wildfires has reached another milestone: A single fire has surpassed 1 million acres.
