Month: January 2023

Jacinda Ardern stepped away from her role because she no longer has “enough in the tank” to do it. If you relate, here’s what to consider. View original article Contributor: Christina Caron

The Covid-19 pandemic demonstrated the promise of tracking pathogens in sewage. Now, the nation needs to act on it, experts say. View original article Contributor: Emily Anthes

The Food and Drug Administration said it needed safety data on more patients, the company said. View original article Contributor: Laurie McGinley

Nobody who lived through the 2018 California wildfire known as the Camp Fire is ever likely to forget it. The blaze, set off by a faulty power line in Butte County, in the northern part of the state, raged for 17 days, from Nov. 8 to Nov. 25, incinerating 240 sq. mi. of land, destroying … Read more

There are a variety of factors that influence cardiovascular risk—but cholesterol is one of the first things that doctors pay attention to. Having high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is “definitely a variable we try to manage, because it’s been shown to be problematic for heart health,” says Dr. Adriana Quinones-Camacho, a cardiologist at … Read more

Moderna has become a well-known name thanks to its highly effective COVID-19 vaccine, based on mRNA technology. But even before the pandemic hit, the company was developing an mRNA-based vaccine against another scourge, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which primarily affects infants and the elderly. In a release issued on Jan. 17, the Massachusetts-based company said … Read more

The “lab leak” conjectures about the origin of the coronavirus pandemic have cast a shadow over pathogen research amid broader calls for more government oversight. View original article Contributor: Joel Achenbach