Month: March 2023

A new study has found that not even New York City’s rats are immune to COVID-19. The study, published in mBio, the American Academy of Microbiology’s journal, found that wild rats in the city’s sewer system and elsewhere in the city have been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 and demonstrated that rats are susceptible to infection with … Read more

WASHINGTON — All U.S. women getting mammograms will soon receive information about their breast density, which can sometimes make cancer harder to spot. The new requirements, finalized Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration, are aimed at standardizing the information given to millions of women following scans to detect breast cancer. Regulators first proposed the … Read more

On Mar. 10, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new treatment for migraines given as a nasal spray, according to the drug’s maker, Pfizer. Zavegepant (brand name: Zavzpret), is the first of a class of migraine treatments known as calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor (CGRP) antagonists to be approved as a nasal spray. … Read more

I know, I know—you couldn’t be more delighted that spring and summer are on the way. The toasty days, the warm nights, the gentle breezes and, especially, the lengthening hours of daylight, which begin Mar. 12 with the return of Daylight Saving Time. To which I say: Keep it; keep it all: the heat, the … Read more

Ever since Title IX opened the door to our participation, female athletes have been encouraged, or even required, to fight their body’s natural development and restrict their diet to keep up with the boys. But no matter how many news stories come out about the epidemic of disordered eating and subsequent injuries and trauma for … Read more

If the bill is signed, the information about the source of the virus would have to be released within 90 days View original article Contributor: Mark Johnson

The decision to shut down much of the country early in the pandemic remains highly contested, sparking concern about how we’ll respond to the next viral threat View original article Contributor: Joel Achenbach