Researchers believe that tannic acid plays a role in inhibiting three important molecular pathways involved in the SARS-CoV-2 infection. View original article Contributor:
David Bennett Sr. had received a heart from a genetically modified pig, a procedure that may yet offer hope to millions of Americans needing transplants. View original article Contributor: Roni Caryn Rabin
Jury selection was set to start today in Sunny Balwani’s fraud trial, which will establish just how much he knew about the blood-testing start-up Theranos and Ms. Holmes’s actions. View original article Contributor: David Streitfeld and Erin Woo
When you close your eyes, what do you see? For me, it’s always been a black screen, sometimes with the static of a crackling TV. My dreams are tangles of thoughts, but when I try to remember them, I can’t actually see anything. I don’t need to pinch myself to see if I’m dreaming, because … Read more
(Geneva) —An expert group convened by the World Health Organization said Tuesday it “strongly supports urgent and broad access” to booster doses, in a reversal of the U.N. agency’s previous insistence that boosters weren’t necessary and contributed to vaccine inequity. In a statement, WHO said its expert group concluded that immunization with authorized COVID-19 vaccines … Read more
Kristina Shalashenko, a therapist who lives in Odessa, Ukraine, lives through a nightmare each day, wondering if or when Russia’s invasion will force her to flee her home. “It’s very scary. Everybody’s terrified and in shock,” she says through a translator. “The world [we’re] used to, it’s not there anymore.” Thousands of miles away, Kero … Read more
The state’s position has parents more confused and medical experts criticizing its scientific justifications. View original article Contributor: Lori Rozsa
Lawmakers tout a provision that would make laboratory-made nicotine subject to federal regulation. View original article Contributor: Laurie McGinley
The president is focused on veterans who fell ill after breathing in toxic materials from burning waste in Iraq and Afghanistan, exposure that he believes contributed to the death of his elder son. View original article Contributor: Katie Rogers
The White House is now letting households order a second round of at-home coronavirus tests, saying that testing remains important even as cases plummet. View original article Contributor: Noah Weiland