Month: September 2021

Such treatments are extraordinarily promising and costly. Will the Biden administration commit to spending that could speed clinical trial results? View original article Contributor: Gina Kolata

The cruelty of their unequal outcomes — with one pair freed of disabling symptoms and the other’s suffering unabated — stayed with me. View original article Contributor: Gina Kolata

Many who feel they need more coronavirus protection have managed to obtain an extra dose. “I did feel bad about it. But I didn’t feel bad enough,” one woman said. View original article Contributor: Jennifer Steinhauer

Electroconvulsive therapy can effectively treat depression, and is as safe as antidepressant drugs along with psychotherapy, a new analysis found. View original article Contributor: Nicholas Bakalar

How could that change our understanding about, for starters, chronic disease, aging and obesity? View original article Contributor: Kim Tingley

Be prepared to do much of the work alone and to fall; you will. View original article Contributor: Malia Wollan

The country’s top science agency tailored its findings to fit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s optimistic narrative despite a looming crisis, researchers say. View original article Contributor: Karan Deep Singh

This time last year, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation warned of a grim potential side effect from the COVID-19 pandemic: its disruptions to routine medical care could erase 25 years of progress on childhood vaccination, setting back global health by decades. The 2021 installment of the foundation’s annual Goalkeepers report, which details progress on … Read more