Elyse Fox is on a mission. The founder of Sad Girls Club, a non-profit organization working to support and destigmatize mental health care for women of color, Fox is working to combat the mental health crisis plaguing Black Americans—one Instagram post at a time. With an artfully curated aesthetic and over 250,000 followers, Sad Girls … Read more
“The whole thing is befuddling, and a series of inexplicable surprises,” says Dr. Caleb Alexander, professor of epidemiology and medicine at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Alexander is a member of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s advisory committee that provided recommendations to the agency on whether or not to approve the … Read more
Since the pandemic began, the think-piece economy has churned out countless articles about how our world—work, medical care, cities, transit, social interactions—will be different when it finally ends. But will we be different after the pandemic? Judging by the fact that a New York Times essay titled, “You Can Be a Different Person After the … Read more
You don’t want to be a virus in Dr. David Ho’s lab. Pretty much every day since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Ho and his team have done nothing but find ways to stress SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease. His goal: pressure the virus relentlessly enough that it mutates to survive, so drug developers … Read more
The verdict appears to mark the first time a jury has awarded damages in a case involving the destruction of eggs and embryos. View original article Contributor: Derek Hawkins
The Americans who have died of covid-19 in recent days and weeks passed away even as their families, friends and neighbors emerged from 15 months of isolation and fear. View original article Contributor: Marc Fisher
The doses underwent a safety review after J&J shots were contaminated with AstraZeneca’s vaccine, prompting a plant shutdown. View original article Contributor: Laurie McGinley
The verdict appears to mark the first time a jury has awarded damages in a case involving the destruction of eggs and embryos. View original article Contributor: Derek Hawkins
The Americans who have died of covid-19 in recent days and weeks passed away even as their families, friends and neighbors emerged from 15 months of isolation and fear. View original article Contributor: Marc Fisher
The doses underwent a safety review after J&J shots were contaminated with AstraZeneca’s vaccine, prompting a plant shutdown. View original article Contributor: Laurie McGinley