Name: Theo Germaine Age: 28 Hometown: Murphysboro, Ill. Now lives: A two-bedroom apartment in Chicago with his partner and three Balinese cats. Claim to fame: Mx. Germaine is a breakout star from “The Politician,” Ryan Murphy’s comedy drama for Netflix. Mx. Germaine, who identifies as trans nonbinary, also stars in the Showtime series “Work in…
PHOENIX — The body parts come as a surprise, even if you expect them, when they’re the only things left behind. When a mall has closed — its stores shuttered by recession, new spending habits or a deadly virus — the mannequins sometimes remain. They’re stripped and dismembered, their detached legs propped against bare walls…
The emails Joyce Warshaw received as mayor of Dodge City, Kan., were hostile enough last month, when the city was merely considering passing a mask mandate. But then the mandate was passed, and USA Today ran an article last week about Dodge City’s struggles with the coronavirus — and the hostility just boiled over, Ms.…
Irvine, Calif., Dec. 17, 2020 –University of California, Irvine health sciences researchers have created a machine-learning model to predict the probability that a COVID-19 patient will need a ventilator or ICU care. The tool is free and available online for any healthcare organization to use. “The goal is to give an earlier alert to clinicians…
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2020 — Kombucha is a bubbly, fermented tea that has gained popularity in the health and wellness scene over the last decade — but what is it exactly? This week, the Reactions team breaks down kombucha’s chemistry and investigates which ordinary beverages they can turn into kombucha: https://youtu.be/YxARRckS9dA. ### Reactions is a…
DURHAM, N.C. — Mortality rates among young adults are rising in the U.S. due in part to “deaths of despair” — preventable deaths from suicide, drug overdoses and alcohol-related liver disease. An intensive childhood intervention program called Fast Track could help reduce these deaths by reducing risky behaviors in adolescence and young adulthood, finds new…
An international team of more than 80 collaborators led by Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) investigators is developing new classification criteria for clinical research of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), a life-threatening autoimmune clotting disorder. In their paper, published online ahead of print on November 30, 2020, in Arthritis Care & Research, the investigators reported on the…
Infant circumcision may lead to social challenges as an adult Undergoing circumcision as an infant has delayed psychological complications. This is shown by an international study led by researchers from Aarhus University. Researchers have long disagreed about the health implications – also for mental health – of small boys being circumcised. A study now shows…
Atherosclerosis is marked by the buildup of inflammatory cells which narrow arteries to the point of chest pain and muscle weakness. Severe cases result in lesions and internal ruptures of arteries or even thrombosis in coronary arteries. One way that investigators are working to understand how atherosclerosis occurs and progresses is by looking at long…
Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune disease associated with inflammation and fibrosis, or scarring, that affects organs including the skin, heart, kidney and lungs. This form of scleroderma, this tightening and thickening of the skin, is a progressive, orphan illness that affects approximately 80,000 Americans and has no clear pathogenesis or FDA approved treatment option, leaving…