Month: May 2021

A month after pushing back against the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s warning about its Tread+ treadmills, Peleton recalled 125,000 of the treadmills and 6,450 Tread treadmills in the United … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

The German company CureVac hopes its RNA vaccine will rival those made by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech. It could be ready next month. View original article Contributor: Carl Zimmer

Hospitals are bringing together surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses with architects, engineers and administrative staff to rethink the modern operating room. View original article Contributor: Ellen Rosen

Even a gentle session of leg lifts set off an exaggerated nervous system reaction in older women with rheumatoid arthritis. View original article Contributor: Gretchen Reynolds

The Biden Administration is debating whether COVID-19 vaccine patents should be temporarily waived, given the devastating humanitarian crisis unfolding in India from the virus. There are two key factors that should drive the Biden team to agree to do so: first, there is strong precedent on waiving patents in the context of public health emergencies; … Read more

In the United States, COVID-19 has been more likely to kill men than women: about 13 men have died of the disease for every 10 women, according to data collected by The Sex, Gender and Covid-19 Project at University College London. Fortunately, there’s one clear way to reduce the disparity: the three vaccines authorized for … Read more

With 107,000 people waiting for kidneys, hearts, livers and other organs, a congressional subcommittee renewed efforts to force organ procurement organizations to improve. View original article Contributor: Lenny Bernstein

Unordered doses will go into a federal bank available to states where demand continues to outstrip supply. View original article Contributor: Isaac Stanley-Becker