Imagine the shock of your baby being born with a swollen brain, blindness and debilitating seizures. Now imagine learning that these devastating conditions could have been prevented if you took a simple test for the common parasite Toxoplasma gondii^[1].

Toxoplasma can be picked up anywhere an infected cat has defecated, such as the litter box, sandbox, garden or yard. Other routes of infection include consumption of contaminated...

A national conversation about potential links between smartphones and digital media and the ongoing teen mental health crisis^[1] has reached a fever pitch.

Research does not definitively show^[2] that excessive screen time causes teen anxiety or depression, though research is ongoing. Still, in June 2024, the U.S. surgeon general called for warning labels to be placed on social media^[3], stating that “the mental health crisis...