Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
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08/30/2021
Inside Pfizer’s labs, ‘variant hunters’ race to stay ahead of the pandemic’s next twist
Delta was tearing its way through India and, as the death toll climbed higher, so did the anxiety inside Pfizer’s lab north of New York City.
07/14/2021
Opinion: Vaxxed or axed: To protect patients, every health care worker must be vaccinated
Masks are off. Theaters and indoor dining are back. Life seems to be returning to normal. And yet the highly transmissible and maybe more deadly Delta variant is spreading quickly, accounting for half of new Covid-19 cases in the U.S. and causing surges in nearly half of all states.
07/08/2021
Death rates are declining for many common cancers in the U.S., report finds
Death rates are declining for more than half of the most common forms of cancer in the U.S., according to a sweeping annual analysis released Thursday.
06/18/2021
3D bioprinting can help end organ transplant waitlists — if the FDA stops delaying
Right now, more than 100,000 Americans are waiting for organ transplants. Using 3D bioprinting to create new organs—and personalize them for recipients—could prevent these tragic deaths
06/17/2021
A surprising pandemic side effect: People are more engaged with their health
As doctors who believe that people are ultimately responsible for their own health and need greater agency in directing their own care, we’ve long bemoaned the lack of progress, entrenched paternalism, and learned helplessness that has pervaded the health care system for years. The pandemic has turned that upside down.
04/08/2021
‘Here to stay’: How the pandemic helped build a burgeoning home testing industry
03/26/2021
A user’s guide: How to talk to those hesitant about the Covid-19 vaccine
02/25/2021
CDC estimated a one-year decline in life expectancy in 2020. Not so—try five days
11/09/2020
Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech is strongly effective
Pfizer and partner BioNTech said Monday that their vaccine against Covid-19 was strongly effective, exceeding expectations with results that are likely to be met with cautious excitement — and relief — in the face of the global pandemic.
10/07/2020