Shayna Korol

Happy Valentine’s Day. Don’t let romance scams — which ramp up around the holiday and are at an all-time high — break your heart.  These scams cost Americans $3 billion last year alone. That’s almo...

Accidentally poisoning yourself is much easier than you might think.  Once, I took two antihistamine medications on the same night and panicked when Google told me that there might be an interactio...

It’s difficult to know exactly what is happening in Iran since the government shut down the internet on January 8, plunging a nation of more than 90 million people into digital darkness. Crackdowns...

The first medical evacuation in the history of the International Space Station (ISS) is happening today.  Crew-11 will return to Earth ahead of schedule because of an unspecified medical issue. Inc...

If you’re a human, there’s a very good chance you’ve been involved in human subjects research. Maybe you’ve participated in a clinical trial, completed a survey about your health habits, or took pa...

Almost 20 years ago, James Randerson ordered a sequence of smallpox DNA. Smallpox is the only human disease to have ever been successfully eradicated — 46 years ago as of yesterday. It’s one of the...

Donating money isn’t the only way you can help people. You can also give your blood.  Although approximately 62 percent of Americans are eligible to donate blood, only 3 percent do so each year. Bu...

Donating money isn’t the only way you can help people. You can also give your blood.  Of the approximately 62 percent of Americans eligible to donate blood, only 3 percent do so each year. But some...