Fathers who rattle the windows with every sneeze may owe less to biology than to decades of social conditioning that taught them loud is how men handle it. Every family has one. The sharp intake of breath, the half-second of terrible silence, and then the full-throated detonation that sends the dog under the couch and […] The post The science behind the 'dad sneeze' — and why fathers may not want to hear it appeared first on American Almanac .
Fathers who rattle the windows with every sneeze may owe less to biology than to decades of social conditioning that taught them loud is how men handle it. Every family has one. The sharp intake of breath, the half-second of terrible silence, and then the full-throated detonation that sends the dog under the couch and the kids running for cover. The "dad sneeze" has become so universal it now fills entire corners of TikTok, where videos of fathers unleashing room-clearing achoos have racked up millions of views. Parody clips and a Will Ferrell skit have mined the same territory. Even ChatGPT, when asked, reportedly acknowledged that "dads have apparently decided that sneezing is a full-body event." But behind the jokes sits a real…Open
MS NOW’s Jen Psaki talks to MS NOW Senior Medical Analyst Dr. Vin Gupta about the dangers of Donald Trump’s executive order rolling back federal childhood vaccine recommendations.
AI:Dr. Vin Gupta joined MS NOW to criticize President Trump's recent executive order aimed at rolling back federal childhood vaccine recommendations, characterizing the administration's approach as incoherent and callous. The discussion focused on the potential public health implications of altering established immunization schedules and the risks associated with decreasing federal oversight of childhood vaccinations.Open
President Trump is calling for immunizations for measles, mumps and rubella to be given in individual jabs in three different appointments instead of the standard combination shot.
The groups that most Americans treat as neutral medical authorities on what to put in their kids' bloodstreams — the AMA and the AAP — both draw millions in revenue from the companies that manufacture the vaccines they are promoting.
As Trump rolls back critical vaccine guidance for children, MS NOW’s Vaughn Hillyard gets a chilling response from a physician when asked about the safety of his own four-month-old child.
Trump is rolling back decades of childhood vaccine guidance by signing an executive order calling for children to be vaccinated against 11 diseases instead of the 18 currently advised by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, distinguished professor of practice in health policy and management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health, joins The Weeknight to explain the dangerous consequences of the executive order.
President Trump signed an executive order calling for fewer childhood vaccinations. Pediatrician Dr. Irwin Redlener joins Antonia Hylton to share what concerns him the most about the move.
The order recommends administering the separate shots across different visits, and directs the nation’s health department to improve vaccine research. He did not specify how far apart the visits should be.
