Month: December 2021

Our ancestors started drinking booze millions of years ago, and we never stopped. Alcohol is embedded in nearly every culture in the world as a social lubricant, marker of taste and cornerstone of celebrations. If companies tried to bring it to market for the first time today, however, U.S. regulators would almost certainly forbid it. … Read more

President Joe Biden’s medical adviser said a domestic travel vaccination rule should be considered as the omicron variant fuels record Covid-19 case loads in some states and holiday travel continues to be disrupted around the U.S. Anthony Fauci said on MSNBC on Monday that it would be “reasonable to consider” a requirement to be vaccinated … Read more

“It was terribly frustrating being told, ‘There’s not a bed yet,’ ” said Jenifer Owenson, one of Dale Weeks’s four children. Almost 82 percent of hospitalized covid-19 patients in Iowa are unvaccinated, according to the state’s Department of Public Health. View original article Contributor: Timothy Bella

Without rapid testing, some experts fear new guidelines may mean infected people leave isolation while still infectious. The C.D.C. director said testing was not useful in determining contagiousness. View original article Contributor: Benjamin Mueller

In the lab, antibodies produced during an Omicron infection protected against Delta. If Omicron dominates in the real world, that could lead to a less dire future. View original article Contributor: Carl Zimmer

A playwright and actor, he saw his life as performance art. He was best known for his play “Storm Reading.” View original article Contributor: Annabelle Williams