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.
Author: Molly Bergen
07/20/2021
First Total Artificial Heart Successfully Transplanted In the US
The artificial heart has four chambers and runs on external power. Welcome to a new cyborg future.
07/22/2021
America Is Getting Unvaccinated People All Wrong
They’re not all anti-vaxxers, and treating them as such is making things worse.
07/21/2021
Biden’s Dangerous Doctrine
The administration’s core foreign policy is all about confronting China—and far riskier than Washington seems to realize.
07/21/2021
Two doses of Pfizer, AstraZeneca shots effective against Delta variant: study
Two doses of Pfizer (PFE.N) or AstraZeneca's (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine are nearly as effective against the highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant as they are against the previously dominant Alpha variant, a study published on Wednesday showed.
07/21/2021
House passes bill requiring EPA to regulate ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
The House on Wednesday approved a bill that would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish national drinking water standards for “forever chemicals” — a group of toxic compounds linked to kidney and liver issues, among other health problems.
07/21/2021
South African firm to make Pfizer vaccine, first in Africa
A South African firm will begin producing the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, the first time that the shot will be produced in Africa, Pfizer announced Wednesday.
07/20/2021
Let’s get more people vaccinated
It all starts with actually approving the vaccine....
07/20/2021
John Wood, Jr: Political Polarization, Commitment to Goodwill, and Reawakening the Nonviolent Spirit
He addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?”
07/20/2021
PrEP, the HIV prevention pill, must now be totally free under almost all insurance plans
Insurers have been advised that they shouldn’t be charging for Truvada and Descovy as HIV prevention and that associated clinic visits and labs must also be free.
07/20/2021
3 existing drugs fight coronavirus with ‘almost 100%’ success in Jerusalem lab
If medicines pass clinical test for COVID, they’re also likely to prove effective for new variants, scientists say, as they target proteins that barely change between mutations.
07/21/2021
Global quest underway to speed up COVID-19 vaccine trials
Scientists are working on a benchmark for COVID-19 vaccine efficacy that would allow drugmakers to conduct smaller, speedier human trials to get them to market and address a huge global vaccine shortage.
07/12/2021