Their Route to a Future Was Clear

Jason Bolicki and Adam Schloff each realized that they were in love just a few months after they initially met, which was in July 2015. By New Year’s Eve of that year, both had concluded that they should get married. But neither of them was quite clear on the protocols involved — who should propose…

From Fast Friends to Suddenly in Love

Despite now undertaking a doctoral degree in psychology at Pepperdine University, Mr. Song, 26, continued to land D.J. gigs. In the summer of 2016 after Ms. Kinsolving’s graduation, while watching their favorite D.J. in a Las Vegas club, the duo became an “official” couple. Within weeks, the two would “unofficially” move in together. While working…

The Right Answer to a Different Question

Kalyn Saulsberry’s profile on the dating app Coffee Meets Bagel said that she liked 1990s things, which Vincent Fong saw as a perfect opportunity for connection. So he posed a question: Backstreet Boys or ‘N Sync? “She said Backstreet Boys,” he said. “Not the right answer, but it was a great jumping off point.” It…

He Couldn’t Remember That We Broke Up

I used to receive messages like this from my ex-boyfriend: “Did we have a joke about flamingos?” And: “How did I get the scar on my hand?” They weren’t invitations for a trip down memory lane; he was asking because he couldn’t remember. “We liked flamingos for their flamboyance,” I said. “The scar is from…

Highly mutated SARS-CoV-2 emerged from someone living with advanced HIV who could not clear SARS-CoV-2 until their HIV infection was suppressed with effective antiretroviral therapy

A presentation at this year’s European Congress on Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), held online this year, will discuss the growing evidence that the beta SARS-CoV-2 variant first identified in South Africa is leading to more severe disease in people living with HIV, and that failure to clear SARS-CoV-2 infection in a patient with…

Anti-tumor agent from the intestine

It is believed to be involved in the development of chronic inflammatory intestinal diseases, to trigger diabetes, to be responsible for obesity, even neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s could have their causes here – not to mention depressions and autistic disorders. We are talking about the microbiome – the vast collection of…