Someone to Always Spill the Tea With

Jessica Hanser and James Atkinson talked nonstop after meeting in June 2018 at the British Library in London. “Jessica has the singular ability to engage anyone she meets,” said Mr. Atkinson, who was born in Rochford, England, raised in Melbourne, Australia, and is now living in Singapore. He currently works as a senior ship broker…

The Joy of Old Clothes

In 2014, Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits and Leanne Shapton released “Women in Clothes,” a book that considers, as they put it, “the questions we ask ourselves while getting dressed.” They interviewed more than 600 women about their wardrobes and tastes, but the project began with a survey. One question asked simply: “What is dressing about,…

Researchers identify proteins that prevent COVID-19 transmission through the placenta

BOSTON – Researchers from Boston Medical Center’s Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases have identified properties in placenta tissue that may play an important role in preventing the transmission of COVID-19 from a mother with the virus to her fetus. The study results demonstrate that the COVID-19 virus universally invades the placenta in cases with…

Experimental vaccine that boosts antigen production shows promise against COVID-19

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A bioengineering technique to boost production of specific proteins could be the basis of an effective vaccine against the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, new research suggests. Scientists manipulated a natural cellular process to ramp up levels of two proteins used by the virus to infect other cells, packaged the protein-boosting instructions…

COVID-19 sparks 12-fold increase in remote delivery of mental health care across the US

RICHMOND, Va. (Sept. 2, 2020) — The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a remarkable number of psychologists across the United States to shift to delivering mental health care to patients remotely, according to a national study led by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University. The study, “The COVID-19 Telepsychology Revolution: A National Study of Pandemic-Based Changes in…