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.
Tag: Health
02/09/2022
Why 2021 Was a ‘Watershed Year’ for Reproductive Justice
Despite the Supreme Court’s efforts to potentially overturn “Roe v. Wade,” state and local governments are making strides to protect and improve reproductive rights.
02/10/2022
What Could Go Right? Africa grabs hold of mRNA technology
And more countries may follow suit. Plus, the United States does away with forced arbitration clauses in assault and harassment cases, and signs the global economy is becoming less carbon intensive.
02/02/2022
Mississippi becomes the 37th state to legalize medical marijuana
Mississippi is legalizing medical marijuana for people with debilitating conditions such as cancer, AIDS and sickle cell disease.
01/28/2022
Why Insulin is So Expensive in America
The high cost kills diabetics in the tens of thousands. But that may be about to change.
01/26/2022
UK ovarian cancer death rate down 17% since 2017, study suggests
Trend mainly due to use of oral contraceptives, says research published in Annals of Oncology.
02/02/2022
A Cancer Treatment Makes Leukemia Vanish, but Creates More Mysteries
Two early recipients of CAR T immunotherapy were free of a blood cancer nearly a decade after receiving the therapy.
01/13/2022
Epstein-Barr virus may be leading cause of multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS), a progressive disease that affects 2.8 million people worldwide and for which there is no definitive cure, is likely caused by infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), according to a study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers.
02/03/2022
What Could Go Right? The vaccines work against Omicron’s “cousin”
Plus, how we’re going to avoid the fate of the dinosaurs, Australia is close to eliminating HIV, and more
01/17/2022
The UK’s first sex shop for people with cancer has launched
Sex and cancer might not be the most obvious bedfellows, but two survivors of the disease hope to tackle the twin taboos with the launch of a pioneering erotic store.
01/27/2022
What Could Go Right? Lowering outrageous drug prices
Plus, a just-discovered coral reef untouched by climate change, a zero-waste way to use nonrecyclable plastic, and more
01/20/2022
Billionaire Mark Cuban Opens Online Pharmacy To Provide Affordable Generic Drugs
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban launched an online pharmacy Thursday that offers more than 100 generic drugs at an affordable price with a goal of being “radically transparent” in its price negotiations with drug companies.
01/12/2022