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.
Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of the EPA, joined Cheddar to defend the Trump administration's stance on environmental protections and whether science is taken into account when regulations are put in place.
The death toll in the U.S. from the coronavirus has topped 200,000, a figure unimaginable eight months ago when the scourge first reached the world’s richest nation.
The newly-formed Boutique Fitness Alliance allege the city has no proof fitness classes are more likely to spread coronavirus than typical gyms.
As the school year starts up in the middle of the pandemic, the town of East Hampton, Long Island is getting ready to welcome new faces in their classrooms.
Eli Lilly may have developed a promising new coronavirus treatment, and Andrew Adams, vice pesident of new therapeutic modalities and COVID-19 research at the pharma giant, joined Cheddar to talk about the alleged breakthrough.
Forecasters have run out of traditional names for storms in the record-shattering 2020 hurricane season.
U.S. health officials are dropping a controversial piece of coronavirus guidance and telling all those who have been in close contact with infected people to get tested.
An Associated Press review found growing allegations that a gynecologist performed surgeries and other procedures that detained migrant women never sought or didn’t fully understand.
College towns across the U.S. have emerged as virus hot spots in recent weeks as schools struggle to contain the virus.
As the U.S. treks into the 7th month of the coronavirus pandemic, trust in government agencies and top medical officials is dropping among Republican voters. Dr. Richard Besser, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, joined Cheddar to discuss how people can navigate advice from medical professionals as some guidances are deemed political.
