The Health Column

Autistic doctors, we’re not exactly as portrayed on TV

When I open up about my referral for an autism spectrum disorder assessment, I draw on examples...

5 tips to help preschoolers with special needs during the pandemic

Four months in reading. Five months in math. That’show far children are behindwhere they should...

Hear from a cognitive scientist who studies contextual factors

Learn about context influences from Jennifer Trueblood Associate Professor of Psychology,...

Why should I trust the coronavirus vaccine when it was developed so fast? A doctor answers that and other reader questions

With a coronavirus vaccination effort now underway, you might have questions about what this means...

Ingredients in flu vaccine won’t hurt you: two pharmacists explain why

Misunderstandings about flu vaccines have existed for decades, leading to vaccine mistrust and...

4 ways to close the COVID-19 racial health gap

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the reality that health in the U.S. has glaring racial inequities...