Month: January 2021

The President-elect will nominate Eric S. Lander to head the Office of Science and Technology Policy, a post left vacant by President Trump for 18 months. View original article Contributor: Carl Zimmer

For many, January is a month to rethink how much they imbibe, whether they’re worried about heavy drinking or just looking for a reset. View original article Contributor: Julia Bainbridge

Recent reports have highlighted a possible reaction of delayed facial swelling in a small number of dermal filler patients who got the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. It is believed that this … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

The more contagious version, first identified in Britain, is expected to spread widely and lead to further strains on an already overburded health care system. View original article Contributor: Apoorva Mandavilli and Roni Caryn Rabin

As more people strive to stay active on aging frames, robots and other technologies are likely to play a wider role in helping surgeons replace joints. View original article Contributor: John Hanc

Dr. David Kessler, who helped speed the development and approval of AIDS drugs in the 1990s, will become the top science official at Operation Warp Speed. View original article Contributor: Sheila Kaplan

Test your knowledge of this week’s health news. View original article Contributor: Toby Bilanow

Since the global pandemic began, one of the grimmer features of daily life has been watching the coronavirus death count tick up and up as the months have gone by. With so much unnecessary death in 2020, it’s surprising that in many countries, at least according to preliminary numbers, there was one significant group that … Read more