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By Victoria Gill A Covid therapy derived from a llama named Fifi has shown “significant potential” in early trials. It is a treatment made of “nanobodies”, small, simpler versions of antibodies, which llamas and camels produce naturally in response to infection. Once the therapy has been tested in humans, scientists say, it could be given...
By Sara Reardon Throughout the pandemic, the anti-parasite drug ivermectin has attracted much attention, particularly in Latin America, as a potential way to treat COVID-19. But scientists say that recent, shocking revelations of widespread flaws in the data of a preprint study reporting that the medication greatly reduces COVID-19 deaths dampens ivermectin’s promise — and...
By Karla Johnson Covid-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did—approximately 675,000. The U.S. population a century ago was just one-third of what it is today, meaning the flu cut a much bigger, more lethal swath through the country. But the COVID-19 crisis is by any measure a...
By Steven Petrow Soon after my 50th birthday, 10 years ago, I started keeping a list of “Things I will do/things I won’t do when I get old.” It was a highly judgmental, and super secret, accounting of all the things I thought my parents were doing wrong. My dad lied chronically about taking his...
By Erika Arteaga-Cruz and Juan Cuvi Latin America is home to about 800 different Indigenous Peoples and Nationalities, the equivalent to 9·8% of its population.The average infant mortality rate in Indigenous children is 60% higher than that in non-Indigenous children. In 2018, Ecuador reported that 50·6% of its Indigenous population lived in poverty, compared with...
By Sarah Jackson It’s no secret that the pandemic has wrought havoc on our mental health. From social isolation to grieving loved ones lost to COVID-19, many people have struggled with their mental well-being over the past year and a half. “Already, there was an unmet need in terms of getting people access to the...
By David Leonhardt Late last month, researchers in Israel released some alarming new Covid-19 data. The data showed that many Israelis who had been among the first to receive the vaccine were nonetheless catching the Covid virus. Israelis who had been vaccinated later were not getting infected as often. The study led to headlines around...
The United State’s Food and Drug Administration’s full approval of the Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine on Monday is likely to have widespread ramifications, and not just in the U.S. Shortly after the FDA announcement, the U.S. military command and a number of large companies and universities announced new vaccine mandates for their institutions. Many organizations had...
By Mark A. Mahoney I recently returned from a wonderful backpacking trip to California and will be writing soon on the benefits of physical activity relative to my sense of well-being and mental health. The serenity produced by hiking and camping within the Ansel Adams Wilderness of the high Sierra Nevada mountains post-pandemic produced some...
By Kristen V. Brown and Rebecca Torrence Anecdotes tell us what the data can’t: Vaccinated people appear to be getting the coronavirus at a surprisingly high rate. But exactly how often isn’t clear, nor is it certain how likely they are to spread the virus to others. And now, there’s growing concern that vaccinated people...
By Hilary Brueck and Mia de Graaf The U.S. government has recommended COVID-19 booster shots for all. In a statement on Wednesday, U.S. health officials said all Americans who received an mRNA vaccine from Pfizer or Moderna may get a boost eight months after their second shot. A booster is not yet recommended for people...
By Monique Tello, MD, MPH There’s a ton of incredibly promising intermittent fasting (IF) research done on fat rats. They lose weight, their blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugars improve … but they’re rats. Studies in humans, almost across the board, have shown that IF is safe and incredibly effective, but really no more effective...
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