Having a long, dark, Burt Reynolds-style mustache can be a blessing or a curse, depending on the circumstances. For Sean Welch Bredbenner, it turned out to be both one day in 2018. Mr. Bredbenner, a member of the Directors Guild of America, was in Washington, working on the set of “The Man Standing Next,” a…
Stephen Klein recalled answering his phone on May 27, 2002, and being told that his mother was taken to a hospital near her home in Cocoa Beach, Fla. “It was tough to deal with, and so I went to the place where I would go when I needed to clear my head: Central Park,” said…
“My next thought was, Oh, this is a date, because we had been flirting,” she said. “He had also paid for my meal.” “I dropped my water and made a big mess, but it went really well,” Mr. White said. “We sat outside, she told me that she was still married, which was news to…
President Biden’s surgeon general on Thursday used his first formal advisory to the United States to deliver a broadside against tech and social media companies, which he accused of not doing enough to stop the spread of dangerous health misinformation — especially about Covid-19. The official, Dr. Vivek Murthy, declared such misinformation “an urgent threat…
Like all love, though, it is fraught. Once on a trip to the historic town of Hampi in southern India, I perched Nozy in between some temple sculptures, took a picture and wandered away. Hours later, on our way back to the car, we realized he was missing. Bishan, aghast, yelled at me as if…
JULY 15, 2021, NEW YORK – A Ludwig Cancer Research study has found that inducing random chromosome instability (CIN) events in mice for as little as one week is enough to trigger harmful chromosomal patterns in cells that spur the formation of tumors. “We show that you don’t need chronic, lifelong chromosomal mistakes to produce…
Washington, DC / New Delhi, India – Researchers at CDDEP recently published ‘Improving vaccination coverage and timeliness through periodic intensification of routine immunization: evidence from Mission Indradhanush’ where they evaluated the performance of India’s Mission Indradhanush (MI) child vaccination campaign — a periodic intensification of the routine immunization program. Each year, 1.2 million Indian children…
Main points Strong evidence that patients with pre-existent mental disorders are twice as likely to die or be hospitalised after SARS-CoV-2 infection Psychotic and mood disorders are linked with COVID-19-associated mortality, as are exposure to antipsychotic and anxiolytic treatments. Patients with substance use disorders are at increased risk of hospitalisation. In the largest systematic review…
IMAGE: Isaac Almendros and Pere Roca-Cusachs (from left to right) leaders of the research. view more Credit: IBEC From the vocal cords that produce our voice, to our heartbeat, our body’s cells are constantly subjected to mechanical forces that steadily change their response to these stimuli, regulating vital processes, in healthy individuals and in diseases such…
IMAGE: Virginia Tech researchers Clément Vinauger (left), Jake Tu (center), and Chloé Lahondère (right) review data from their mosquito research. Photo courtesy of Tyler Harris. view more Credit: Virginia Tech Mosquitoes may be small, but they are a formidable foe. Not only can they smell over 400 chemicals that we emit and detect the carbon dioxide…